Licensing with Interzero - Maintaining your compliance in Austria
Licensing refers to the process by which companies pay a fee to place products, particularly packaging, electrical equipment and batteries, on the market. This fee helps ensure that the products are properly disposed of or recycled at the end of their life.
Licensing helps ensure that companies adhere to the principles of Extended Producer Responsibility ( EPR ). It helps reduce the environmental impact of waste by ensuring that products and materials are recycled or disposed of properly.
The EPR principle forces manufacturers and importers to take responsibility for the entire life cycle of their products, especially at the end of life. This promotes more environmentally friendly product designs, reduces waste and supports recycling initiatives
“A world without waste” is also Interzero’s vision, which is why we support our customers with our zero waste solutions to act sustainably and legally.
Find out what needs to be licensed in Austria and how to fulfill your obligations.
Interzero offers comprehensive solutions for all Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requirements in Austria. We support you in fulfilling your legal obligations and properly licensing your products.
Packaging - Everything you need to know
In Austria, all packaging that is placed on the market must be licensed. This includes sales, outer and transport packaging. The aim is to ensure that all packaging is collected and recycled in order to protect the environment. A distinction is made between household and commercial packaging . The distribution channel should always be analyzed to find out in which area the packaging waste is generated.
Do you manufacture products whose packaging is used by private end users? Your packaging will probably be household packaging . Interzero supports its customers in the household sector in meeting the requirements of the Packaging Ordinance and is at your side as a specialist in environmental services and a competent partner: We organize the return and recycling of your packaging – legally compliant and reliable. Interzero helps you to meet the requirements of the Packaging Ordinance and also to satisfy high documentation requirements.
Commercial packaging is not only transport packaging, but also certain sales and secondary packaging that arises in selected industrial, commercial, business enterprises, etc. Interzero assumes the obligations to comply with the Packaging Ordinance for your commercial packaging in Austria.
Household packaging
- Sales packaging made of paper, cardboard and carton
- Tote bags
- Service packaging
Commercial packaging
- Pallets
- Strapping and adhesive tapes
- Tray foils
We will be happy to advise you if you have any questions about the correct classification.
Electrical and electronic equipment - which ones require mandatory licensing?
Anyone who places electrical equipment on the market in Austria or imports it into Austria for the purpose of their own activities (distributor) is responsible for ensuring that the old electrical equipment is collected, recycled or treated in Austria. This is what the legislator has prescribed in the Waste Electrical Equipment Ordinance (WEEE Ordinance).
What are household appliances?
Electrical and electronic equipment which, due to its type and quantity or its possible generation, is comparable to WEEE from private households (dual use).
From this it can be concluded that other devices fall into the commercial purpose category.
The following device categories exist in Austria:
- Large appliances
- Small electrical appliances
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Screen and picture tube devices
- Gas discharge lamps
- Dual-use devices
Batteries - From automotive to industrial batteries
Anyone who puts batteries (device, vehicle or industrial batteries) into circulation or imports them into Austria for the purpose of their own activities must, in addition to general requirements (substance bans, removability, etc.), fulfil a variety of take-back, collection and treatment obligations.
Those who place portable and vehicle batteries on the market are obliged to take back, collect and treat these batteries by participating in a collection and recycling system. Those who place industrial batteries on the market can also easily transfer these obligations to a collection or recycling system.
According to the Waste Management Act and the respective regulations, all companies
- who sell or deliver the packaged goods to end consumers in Austria, including: manufacturers, retailers, importers or online retailers
- Place batteries or devices containing batteries or rechargeable batteries on the market or import them for the first time in Austria and
- Manufacture, import or distribute large and small appliances, monitors and IT equipment, lamps and heat exchangers in Austria
are obliged to sign a licensing agreement with a collection and recycling system such as Interzero.
- The license fee is calculated based on the quantities of packaging, electrical equipment and batteries placed on the market
- Depending on the material flow, there is an annual “tariff list” that lists the prices per packaging material (packaging) and category (WEEE and batteries). By multiplying your quantities, you get your license fee.
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FAQ
Questions about your license agreement
As soon as you are an active Interzero customer, the confirmation of participation can be accessed at any time in our online portal under the respective year and area. If you cannot find it, please contact kundenberatung@interzero.at
The classification is regulated in the respective regulations and provides information about the frequency of your reporting obligations. The classification of the reporting period is also the basis for the flat rate for authorized representatives.
The calculation is based on the quantities placed on the market in tonnes times €. The current tariff lists can be found under “Info and price lists”
- <1,500€ – annual report
- Between €1,500 and €20,000 – quarterly reporting
- >20,000 € – monthly report
When you place your order, your license fee will be automatically calculated based on the quantities you specify.
The quantity reports are due on the 15th of the month following the reporting period (e.g. the report for January on February 15th, the report for the first quarter on April 15th, the annual report by January 15th of the following year)
Our online portal is available for this purpose at https://onlineportal.interzero-austria.com/. You will receive access data as part of the contract processing.
- Monthly and quarterly reporters have the option of correcting the quantities reported on an ongoing basis as part of the annual closing report by March 15 of the following year.
- Annual reporters, on the other hand, submit their annual report by January 15 of the following year and cannot make any corrections after that.
After you have completed your Interzero contract, paid for it and have been registered as a participant, you can download it in the service area of our registration portal.
Currently, payment of the license agreement is only possible by invoice. This will be sent to you after the contract has been signed.
The authorization fee can be paid in advance, which is why payment by credit card or immediate payment is possible. We also offer purchase on account. The payment terms can be found on the invoice sent to you.
The e-invoice will be sent to the e-mail address you provided. If you have a different billing address, please let us know during the ordering process.
- As a flat-rate and annual reporter, the fee must be paid within 14 days of receipt of the invoice in order to be registered as a system participant.
- Monthly or quarterly reporters will receive their invoices within 2 weeks of submitting their last reports.
