Prove EPR Single-Use Plastics compliance

If you sell products containing single-use plastic on Amazon.de, you can now prove your compliance with the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Single-Use Plastics regulation on the Account Health dashboard. Starting January 1, 2025, Amazon will be legally obliged to confirm your compliance and deactivate non-compliant listings.

If you’re a producer established in Germany, follow the steps below to prove your compliance.

• Step 1 - Register your brands in each single-use plastics category with the German Environment Agency's Single-Use Plastics Fund platform (DIVID).
• Step 2 - Submit your registration numbers for each brand and product type combination in the Compliance Portal via Account Health > Policy Compliance > Regulatory Compliance. We will review and update the status of your submission in the Compliance Portal within five business days.
• Step 3 - Starting 2025, report the types and quantities of single-use plastic products that you sold in Germany to DIVID, and pay the corresponding levy (eco-contribution fees) each year. To access your EPR reports, go toEPR Category Report.

If you’re not a producer and are established in Germany but only resell products from producers, you must obtain the registration numbers from your upstream supplier and follow Step 2 and Step 3 above.

If you’re a producer, or resell products from producers, and are not established in Germany, you will need to register via DIVID, appoint an authorized representative to fulfill your EPR reporting requirements, and follow Step 2 and Step 3 above. For more information, go to Authorized representatives FAQs. To find an authorized representative, go to Amazon’s Service Provider Network.

To check if you’re a producer under German EPR law for Single-Use Plastic, go to Self-check on Producer status on the DIVID portal.

For more help, you can contact a third-party compliance service provider to help you meet your EPR requirements.

For more information, go to EPR requirements: Single-Use Plastics in Germany or contact Selling Partner support.