Electronic recycling cycle
Are you a distributor?
Do you distribute products that are already packaged in Spain from an EU country or through imports from third countries?
In that case, it is possible that you are a product producer and, therefore, you must assume the obligations contained in Law 7/2022 and RD 1055/2022, on packaging and packaging waste.
Distributors must register as long as:
• Be the first distributor to introduce the packaging into the Spanish market.
• They use packaging for said distribution (boxes, pallets, shrink film, etc.), so they would become packagers and therefore product producers using these containers.
• In the event that the product producers have not designated an authorized representative in Spain, the first distributor or merchant of the packaged product based in Spain will be, alternatively, the subject responsible for the obligations established for the product producers.
Important note: Since January 2023, all invoices must include the RPP registration number when selling packaged products. This applies whether you are the producer or simply acting as an intermediary.
In that case, it is possible that you are a product producer and, therefore, you must assume the obligations contained in Law 7/2022 and RD 1055/2022, on packaging and packaging waste.
Distributors must register as long as:
• Be the first distributor to introduce the packaging into the Spanish market.
• They use packaging for said distribution (boxes, pallets, shrink film, etc.), so they would become packagers and therefore product producers using these containers.
• In the event that the product producers have not designated an authorized representative in Spain, the first distributor or merchant of the packaged product based in Spain will be, alternatively, the subject responsible for the obligations established for the product producers.
Important note: Since January 2023, all invoices must include the RPP registration number when selling packaged products. This applies whether you are the producer or simply acting as an intermediary.
Who is a distributor?
Any natural or legal person in the supply chain that, regardless of the sales technique used, markets a product that is already packaged or packages or repackages it in its facilities.
The fact that a company is a distributor will not prevent it from being a Producer at the same time. It is a clear example when the origin of the containers marketed is importation, purchase in a country of the European Union or when the product is manufactured under a brand name. white exclusively for the distributing entity.
The fact that a company is a distributor will not prevent it from being a Producer at the same time. It is a clear example when the origin of the containers marketed is importation, purchase in a country of the European Union or when the product is manufactured under a brand name. white exclusively for the distributing entity.
Obligations: Waste Collection
- The collection of packaging waste must be carried out using specific selective collection procedures. To this end, networks of selective collection.
- Its located in distributors' establishments, the procedures referred to in the previous section shall be organised in such a way that distributors shall be obliged to accept the return of packaging if they adopt and implement a Deposit and Return System (SDDR) after applying a fee which, in the event of the waste being returned, shall be refunded to the consumer.
- In the case of industrial packaging, collection and transport may be carried out by the producers themselves, as they have been doing up to now.
- When selling appliances via the Internet, producers or distributors must ensure that buyers can return their packaging in the same way as in physical stores.
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