Finland: EU country support

What applies

• Join an approved packaging producer organisation and ensure the company is entered in the national producer register. Foreign distance sellers must use an authorised representative established in Finland.
• Registration route: self service plus pro or epr scheme

What to prepare

• Legal company name and registered address
• Company/trade registration number
• VAT or tax number
• Contact person, email and telephone
• Brands/trading names
• Packaging types, component materials and weights
• Country-level annual quantities by required reporting category

How to submit

1. 1Confirm whether sales are direct distance sales or imports through a Finnish customer.
2. 2Appoint a Finnish authorised representative for foreign distance sales.
3. 3Join the applicable packaging producer organisation through Rinki/approved operator.
4. 4Provide company, brand, material and annual weight data.
5. 5Retain membership, register confirmation and annual reports.

What to keep

• Producer-organisation membership and national producer-register confirmation, with annual reports retained.
• Submitted quantity declarations and acceptance receipts
• PRO/EPR scheme contract and invoices where applicable
• Representative mandate and confirmation where applicable
• This country action guide and supporting source documents

Ongoing obligations

• Report packaging placed on the Finnish market by material and required stream; producer organisations usually consolidate member reports.
• Update the registration when company, representative, brand, packaging stream or contact information changes.
• Reconcile national reports to sales and packaging bills of materials; retain the submitted values and official result.

Official sources

• Finnish Supervisory Agency: Extended producer responsibility
• Finnish Packaging Recycling RINKI: Packaging producer responsibility