Textile EPR in the Netherlands: an authorised representative, or your own Dutch company
A clothing, linen or footwear brand outside the Netherlands that sells to Dutch consumers is a producer under the Dutch extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles. A producer outside the Netherlands appoints an authorised representative established here. Your own Dutch company is established here, so it is the producer itself: it registers, reports before 1 August and pays the fee. From 17 April 2028 every EU country has a textile scheme.
Ask about your situationThe Dutch EPR for textiles has applied since 1 July 2023. A producer is anyone who places new clothing, workwear or household linen on the Dutch market for the first time, including a foreign web shop that sells to Dutch consumers from abroad. The products are those of chapters 61 and 62 of the customs nomenclature and heading 6302. A producer registers with Rijkswaterstaat within six weeks, reports before 1 August each year on the previous calendar year, and meets the targets: in 2025 at least 50% of the weight prepared for reuse or recycling, in 2030 at least 75%. A producer outside the Netherlands appoints an authorised representative established in the Netherlands, who takes over these duties.
Your own Dutch company is a producer established in the Netherlands. It registers in its own name, joins a producer responsibility organisation or complies on its own, files the 1 August report and pays the fee per kilo. The representative role disappears for the Netherlands, because the producer is here. For Germany, France and the other EU countries, a partner takes the representative role until the schemes under Directive (EU) 2025/1892 are in place, by 17 April 2028. We set up the company and arrange its registrations, bookkeeping and VAT returns. Partner work has its own price, which you see first.
Tell us what you make or sell, where your company is and what you plan in Europe. Our team looks at it and replies with the steps and the dates that apply to you.
Who does what
We set up and manage the Dutch company. Specialist partners do the licence and product work. We are your only contact, with one file for all the work.
Your company
- Own the brand, the products and the sales channels
- Decide the countries, the marketplaces and the volumes per country
- Choose between a representative per country and your own Dutch company for the Netherlands
- Sign the power of attorney and the mandates
The Dutch company
- Set up the Dutch company (a BV), by power of attorney, with the notary
- KVK number, tax number, VAT number, EORI number, the Article 23 licence
- Bank account, bookkeeping, VAT returns, annual accounts and corporate tax
- Registration of your Dutch company as textile producer and packaging producer in the Netherlands, with the yearly reports
- One contact for the producer responsibility organisation and the representatives abroad
Licences and product rules
- Authorised representative for textiles in the Netherlands, when you prefer a service over your own company
- Representatives for textiles and packaging in Germany, France and the other EU countries
- Producer responsibility organisation for the collection, sorting and recycling targets
- Customs agent and fulfilment warehouse in the Netherlands
Step by step
From your first question to a registered producer in the Netherlands.
- Your question. You tell us what you sell, in which EU countries, through which channels and in which volumes. You get a written answer with a suitable structure: a representative, your own Dutch company, or both.
- The Dutch company. The notary sets up the BV by power of attorney, with your company as shareholder. You receive the KVK number, the tax number, the VAT number and the EORI number. We prepare the bank application and the Article 23 licence.
- The registrations. Your Dutch company registers with Rijkswaterstaat as textile producer within six weeks, joins a producer responsibility organisation and registers as packaging producer.
- The other countries. A partner takes the representative role for textiles and packaging in each other EU country where you sell. You see every price first.
- The marketplaces. Your EPR numbers per country go into your seller accounts. Your Dutch company is the responsible operator for product safety on your listings.
- Every year. Before 1 August your Dutch company reports to Rijkswaterstaat on the previous year. The packaging declaration and the VAT returns come from the same bookkeeping. You have one contact person.
The duties and the dates
| Duty | Rule | Date | Who does it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Producer status | Anyone who places new clothing (chapters 61 and 62), workwear, or bed, table and household linen (heading 6302) on the Dutch market for the first time, for payment or free of charge, in a shop or at a distance. Importers and foreign web shops are producers. Used textiles are excluded. | Since 1 July 2023 | Your company, or your Dutch company as the producer established in the Netherlands |
| Authorised representative | A producer established outside the Netherlands appoints a person or company established in the Netherlands as its authorised representative. The representative performs the duties of the producer: registration, reporting, the fee. | Since 1 July 2023 | A partner, or your own Dutch company, which then is the producer itself |
| Registration | Registration with Rijkswaterstaat, with the type and quantity of textiles placed on the Dutch market, within six weeks from the moment the rules apply to you. Each year the producer reports the expected quantities for the coming year and the measures to meet the targets. | Within six weeks | The producer or its representative |
| Collective or individual compliance | Through a producer responsibility organisation (Stichting UPV Textiel, European Recycling Platform Netherlands or Collectief Circulair Textiel) or individually. The organisation charges a fee per kilo for its services. | Current rule | The producer chooses |
| Annual report | Report to Rijkswaterstaat on the quantities placed on the market in the previous calendar year and on how the producer met its duties. The reports for 2023 and 2024 covered quantities only; from the report over 2025, filed in 2026, the targets count. | Before 1 August each year | The producer, its representative or the organisation on its behalf |
| Targets (share of the weight placed on the market in the previous year) | Prepared for reuse or recycling: at least 50% in 2025, rising to at least 75% in 2030. Prepared for reuse: at least 20% in 2025, at least 25% in 2030. Reused in the Netherlands: at least 10% in 2025, at least 15% in 2030. Fibre-to-fibre recycling: 25% in 2025, 33% in 2030. | From 2025, rising each year to 2030 | The producer, in practice through the organisation |
| EU textile EPR, Directive (EU) 2025/1892, Article 22a | Every member state sets up an EPR scheme for clothing, accessories, footwear, blankets, bed, table and household linen, curtains and headgear (Annex IVc). A producer established in another member state appoints an authorised representative in the country of sale; for producers in third countries, member states may require the same. Online platforms ask producers for their registration number in the country of the consumer and a self-certification before they may sell (Article 22a(13)). | In force 16 October 2025. Transposition by 17 June 2027. Schemes in place by 17 April 2028. | Your Dutch company for the Netherlands; a partner in each other country |
| Packaging EPR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), Article 45 | The packaging around your clothing needs a registration in each EU country of sale, often through a representative there. | Since 12 August 2026 | Your Dutch company for the Netherlands; a partner in each other country. See packaging rules after 12 August 2026 |
Marketplaces check EPR numbers. Amazon asks sellers for EPR registration numbers for Germany (packaging and electrical equipment) and France (19 categories, textiles among them) and restricts or removes listings with missing or invalid data. Under Article 22a(13) of the directive, every online platform in the EU asks textile producers for their registration number in the country of the consumer once the national schemes are in place.
Your own Dutch company as the producer for the Netherlands
The producer is here. The Dutch rules ask a producer outside the Netherlands for a representative established in the Netherlands. Your own Dutch company is established in the Netherlands. When it imports your clothing and sells it to Dutch consumers, it is the producer itself. It registers with Rijkswaterstaat in its own name, joins a producer responsibility organisation and files the 1 August report. The representative role for the Netherlands is then yours.
One company, several registrations. The same company registers for the packaging around your clothing (PPWR, since 12 August 2026) and, for shoes with lights or heated clothing, for batteries and electrical equipment. Its VAT number, EORI number and Article 23 licence for import VAT are in the same company. See consumer products in the EU and which EU representative your products need.
The responsible operator for product safety. Clothing and footwear sold to EU consumers also need a responsible operator established in the EU under the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), since 13 December 2024. Your Dutch company takes that role as importer. See the EU responsible person for UK sellers.
Other EU countries. Germany, France and the other member states set up or adapt their textile schemes by 17 April 2028. France already has one. For each country where you sell, a partner takes the representative role until your Dutch company can register there as a producer established in another member state, with a local representative where the country requires one. We choose the partner with you, after you ask for it.
Fulfilment and marketplaces. Marketplaces ask for your EPR numbers per country. Under the directive, fulfilment service providers receive the producer information at the start of the contract and suspend their services to producers with inaccurate information. Your Dutch company keeps the numbers and the certificates in one file.
Tell us what you make or sell, where your company is and what you plan in Europe. Our team looks at it and replies with the steps and the dates that apply to you.
One Dutch company, many roles
One company is the textile producer for the Netherlands, the packaging producer, the importer at customs with an EORI number and the Article 23 licence, the responsible operator for product safety and the seller that invoices your Dutch customers. The yearly textile report, the packaging declaration and the VAT returns come from the same administration.
The company is yours. You choose the address, you appoint the directors and you own the shares. We provide the formation, the registrations and the administration. Representatives in other countries are partners, at their own price, which you see first.
Prices: your Dutch company (BV) from €2,950 excl. VAT, and a holding with an operating company from €4,950 excl. VAT. See company formation in the Netherlands and services for Amazon sellers in Europe.
Sources
- Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT), EPR textile (updated 21 September 2026): producers, the representative, the 1 August report, the targets, the three organisations.
- Rijkswaterstaat, FAQ EPR for textiles (updated 17 January 2024): registration within six weeks, the representative for foreign sellers.
- Business.gov.nl, extended producer responsibility for textiles (2026).
- Directive (EU) 2025/1892 of 10 September 2025 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, Articles 2 and 22a and Annex IVc, EUR-Lex (in force 16 October 2025).
- Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), Article 45, EUR-Lex (2025).
- Amazon, compliance with extended producer responsibility (2026): the marketplace’s own statement on EPR numbers for Germany and France.
Last reviewed: 27 October 2026. Based on the Dutch textile EPR rules and Directive (EU) 2025/1892, as they apply in October 2026. Representatives in other countries are specialised partners; we coordinate.
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