Through the introduction of Law 166/2024 (amendment to the existing Legislative Decree 152/2006), a new EPR obligation was introduced for online platform providers. Specifically, the new Article 178-IV ‘’Procedures for the fulfilment of extended producer responsibility in the field of e-commerce‘’ has come into force. According to the new regulation, any market place operator who places products on the national market via e-commerce platforms, even acting for third parties, is subject to the corresponding EPR obligations that usually characterize a producer in the traditional sense. The resulting model requires e-commerce platforms to take over the collection of data and contributions from third-party suppliers who sell EPR-relevant products via their platforms.
Considering this obligation, online platform operators will have to sign a separate agreement with national take-back schemes by 15 March 2025 in order to comply with their legal EPR obligations. The term e-commerce platform refers to a platform that allows “products to be offered on the e-commerce marketplace by parties that are not the platform operator itself”.
Marketplace operators now have an increased interest in the market conformity of their sellers due to their personal risk. If you sell via a marketplace and are not registered with the competent authorities in accordance with the EPR obligation, you run the risk of being excluded from the marketplace. If you require registration, please contact take-e-way. We will be happy to organise the registration for you. If your company sells products via an online platform and is registered as a producer in Italy, no further action is required.
The take-e-way consulting team will be happy to answer any questions you may have via +49/40/750687-0 or consulting@take-e-way.de.
