The Polish compliance year,
run on the dates that matter.
Poland's cycle is short and unforgiving. The end of February decides whether you stay in the register at all, and 15 March carries the report, the product fee and the de minimis application at once. We hold the calendar, request your data ahead of it and file within the agreed scope.
Included in Standard €474/year for packaging within the contracted scope
✓ Free ✓ Human review ✓ No commitment
Timing depends on document completeness and independent registry and scheme review
The outcome
A year that closes with evidence for every duty
- Data requested ahead of each deadline, not after it
- Filings, payments and receipts retained against the calendar
- De minimis application prepared where the tonnage supports it
You approve your data and remain the party responsible for every payment
Missing the February fee removes you from the register
The annual fee falls due by the end of February. Unpaid, the marshal calls for payment and then opens deletion proceedings. The annual report is due by 15 March, and the product fee for the previous year on the same date, with an additional fee of 50% of the unpaid amount where arrears are established.
Primary sources · Reviewed 19 August 2026
- Act of 14 December 2012 on waste — the BDO register, art. 49-63 and art. 194 (opens in a new tab)
- Act of 13 June 2013 on packaging and packaging waste (opens in a new tab)
- Product-fee rates per packaging type, consolidated text Dz.U. 2025 poz. 988 (opens in a new tab)
- Annual packaging recycling levels to 2030, Dz.U. 2021 poz. 2375 (opens in a new tab)
Where the year goes wrong
February is treated as administrative
It is the deadline with the harshest consequence, and it arrives before anyone is thinking about compliance.
De minimis is assumed rather than claimed
The exemption is granted on application by 15 March. Assume it and the full fee is owed.
Nobody can reach the portal
Filing runs through an account that authenticates with a Polish PESEL. Without that access the data exists and the filing does not happen.
Included in the written scope.
- Annual calendar seeded on the register entry
- Structured data template and scheduled data requests
- Tonnage reconciliation against the recycling levels
- De minimis eligibility check and application where supported
- Client approval step before every filing
- Receipt, payment and correction archive
Four controlled steps.
Document the facts
Collect the entity, products, channels, contracts and available evidence for recurring reporting.
Confirm scope and dependencies
Receive a written map of assumptions, exclusions, third parties and points requiring approval.
Authorise the agreed work
Private fees, external costs and client responsibilities are confirmed before any submission or commitment.
Coordinate and retain evidence
After a valid engagement, each action, external decision and authentic receipt is stored with its date and version.
Frequently asked
What if we placed under one tonne on the market?
Then the recycling levels, the product fee and the education contribution fall away as de minimis aid, on application by 15 March. The report and the annual fee still have to be dealt with.
Is the product fee always owed?
Only on the shortfall against each recycling level, and it is not collected where the annual total stays at or below 100 zł. Meeting the levels through a recovery organisation normally costs a fraction of the fee.
Who approves and pays?
You approve your data and remain the party liable. We prepare, file within scope and retain the evidence.
Can historic omissions be handled here?
No. Regularising a past trading history is scoped separately, because it involves back fees, back reports and an additional fee on arrears.
Keep the cycle connected
Service
BDO registration for foreign companies
Confirm the entry and evidence before the cycle begins.
Service
Document and marketplace audit
Keep the number on the documents that the filings refer to.
For your profile
Marketplace sellers
Reconcile marketplace channels without relying on a platform field as proof.
Discuss the facts with the team.
Independent private service · human scope review · no third-party outcome promised.
✓ Free ✓ Human review ✓ No commitment