compliance teamAmazon EPR for Poland: matching the request to the right evidence
Step 1
Save the live account request
Step 2
Confirm the entity and the Polish entry
Step 3
Submit authentic evidence only
Step 4
Keep the platform response with the file
| Control | Evidence to retain |
|---|---|
| Scope | Entity, product, channel, stream and source |
| External action | Version, date, authorised filer and issued receipt |
| Maintenance | Source data, approval, invoice and next deadline |
The platform duty is now EU law
Since 12 August 2026 online marketplaces have to verify extended-producer-responsibility compliance for sellers supplying any EU country, under Article 45(4) of the packaging regulation. For Poland the identifier requested is the BDO registry number belonging to the selling entity; confirm the exact field against your own account rather than against a third-party description of it.
Capture the exact request from the live account — marketplace, country, seller entity, category, field wording and date — and keep it with the case. Do not build a conclusion from a third-party article describing somebody else's account on some other date.
Match the entity, the country and the stream
The number has to belong to the legal entity that sells, and it has to be the Polish entry. Another country's registration, a VAT number, or a WEEE or battery record is not a substitute, even where a form accepts the characters.
Enforcement in Poland has been observed to follow a deactivation-notice pattern with a response window before listings are suspended, but the timing and the wording belong to Amazon and can change. We do not publish a fee, a deadline or a field name that cannot be shown from current Seller Central evidence.
A platform arrangement does not empty the file
Where a marketplace offers to handle contributions on a seller's behalf, the scope and the price are set in its current terms and have to be read there, for the specific market. Whether Poland is covered is not a thing to assume from another country's programme.
In any case such an arrangement does not perform the register entry, the annual fee, the annual report or the duty to carry the number on your own documents. Those stay with the seller, and they are what an inspection looks at.
Conclusion
Scope comes before a form. Connect the legal entity, product, sales channel and EPR stream to the rule that actually applies.
Evidence must remain traceable. Keep source data, versions, approvals, filings, receipts and every record issued by an external body.
Third-party decisions are never guaranteed. The marshal, the register, recovery organisations and marketplaces control their own procedures, timing and decisions.