Questions · ten objections, answered in full
Ten questions we get
before anyone buys.
These are the ones that change a decision, in the words sellers use when they ask about extended producer responsibility (EPR). The answers name what we do, what it costs, and the part nobody here decides, including the two questions where the answer is no.
Free. No card. A person answers.
Whether it applies to you
The obligation starts at the first unit, not at a turnover figure.
Asked most often by a brand opening its second or third country, and by anyone who sells one product in three shapes.
I'm tiny. Do I really have to register?
Usually yes. Most EPR rules trigger on the first unit you place on the market, not on a turnover threshold. A few countries have narrow exemptions: Italy has a conditional one at ≤ €200. The scope check tells you whether one applies to you.
Which of my products count?
Every product you ship has packaging, so packaging almost always counts. Electronics add WEEE. Anything with a cell or a battery adds batteries. Clothing and household textiles add textile EPR in the countries that have it.
Do I need a company in the countries I ship to?
No. This is built for non-resident sellers. Depending on the country and stream you may need an authorised representative established there. That's a role we can fill, and the scope check says whether you need one.
Who we are, and what we charge
We prepare and submit. The decision is somebody else's.
Asked by everyone who has read a page like this one before and wants to know where the private service stops.
Are you the official register?
No. We're a private service. The authority and the scheme are separate bodies, we have no affiliation with them, and they alone decide on your file.
Can't I just do this myself?
Yes, and some sellers do. It means a national portal in the local language, a scheme contract, and a declaration calendar per country. If you ship to one country, doing it yourself is reasonable. At three or more, the calendar is what breaks.
Why isn't your price all-inclusive?
Because the part we don't control is variable. Scheme fees depend on your volumes and materials, and they're billed by the scheme. An all-inclusive price in this market either overcharges you or gets revised later. We'd rather publish the half we control.
I already have a provider in one of these countries.
Keep them. You can start with the countries you don't cover yet, and the dashboard still shows that country so your calendar is in one place.
Who decides what
The authority decides. We don't.
Three of the ten answers turn on the same line, so here it is drawn. The obligation is yours. The decision is theirs. The file is ours, and it is the only one of the three we can promise anything about.
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01 · You
You place the goods on the market
The obligation is registered in your name and stays there. You remain the declarant and, where a contribution is due, the debtor in your own name, whoever prepares the paperwork.
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02 · Not us
The authority and the scheme decide
The authority runs the register. The scheme collects the fees and sets them on your volumes and materials. Whether a file is accepted, when, and at what cost is theirs alone.
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03 · Us
We prepare it, submit it, and tell you what came back
A complete file, filed on the date we agreed, and a written answer to every question they raise. That is the whole of our side, and it is what the fee buys.
shippeu.com is a private service. It is not an authority, a register or a collective scheme.
What happens after you send it
What we control is the file. We say so before you pay, not after.
Asked first by a seller whose listings are already suspended, and who needs to know whether a date is reachable.
What do you actually need from me?
Company registration, VAT or local tax number, and your packaging data: weight per material, per country, for a year. That last one is the part sellers underestimate, so the onboarding walks you through it.
Amazon gave me a deadline. Will you make it?
We'll tell you honestly whether the deadline is reachable, on the day you send your answers, before you pay anything. What we control is submitting a complete file quickly. When the register issues the number is up to them.
What if the file is rejected?
It happens, usually because a product spec or a company document doesn't match. We tell you what came back, in plain English, and resubmit once it's fixed. No extra fee for a resubmission on a file we prepared.
Ten answers only go so far. The eleventh is yours.
Tell us where your company is registered and where you ship. You'll see which countries and streams apply to you on screen, before anyone quotes you anything. If your question isn't here, a person answers it.
Free. No card. A person answers.
Figures on this page come from published guidance. Last source review: 14 August 2026. Rules change. The scope check is reviewed by a person before any quote.