Spain asks for your packaging numbers twice. Once for the recycling scheme that handles your waste, and once for the tax office, which charges 0.45 euros a kilogram on the non-recycled plastic in your single-use packaging.
This guide ranks the best Spanish EPR software, the tools that turn product data into what Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) asks of you in Spain. We compared seven on Spanish coverage and fit. Repax is our top pick, and we are straight about where each rival wins.
How EPR works in Spain
Spain runs producer responsibility through one national register, a set of collective schemes, a tax office and, since 2025, your packaging artwork. Here is what each of them wants, and how one product record can feed all of it.
Register in the RPP and declare once a year
Everything starts with the register. You sign up in the envases (packaging) section of the Registro de Productores de Producto, the producer register held by MITECO, the Spanish environment ministry, and you do it before you place product on the market.
Registration gives you an RPP number, and that number then has to travel on your invoices and commercial paperwork.
Once a year, between 1 January and 31 March, you declare what you put on the Spanish market during the previous calendar year, broken down by material and weight.
If your company is not established in Spain you cannot do this alone. You appoint an authorised representative (representante autorizado) based in Spain who registers on your behalf. Skip that step and the first Spanish distributor of your goods inherits the responsibility.
Join a collective scheme or run your own
Registering tells the state you exist. Paying for the waste your packaging becomes is a separate job.
Most producers join a SCRAP, short for sistema colectivo de responsabilidad ampliada del productor, which is the Spanish name for a collective scheme that organises and finances collection and recycling. The alternative is a SIRAP, your own individual system, which very few producers take on.
For household packaging the long-standing schemes are Ecoembes for everything except glass and Ecovidrio for glass.
Commercial and industrial packaging is the newer part. Since 1 January 2025 it carries full producer responsibility too, and schemes such as Envalora and Ecoembes Comerciales were authorised to serve it.
That is the change that catches business-to-business sellers who assumed packaging rules were a consumer-goods problem. A pallet wrap and a cardboard outer count just as much as a retail box.
What you pay is set by the material and the weight you declare, and it is eco-modulated, so packaging that is easier to recycle should cost you less than packaging that is not.
Electronics and batteries sit in their own registers
Packaging is rarely the whole job.
Sell anything electrical and you also register in the RII-AEE, the Spanish register for electrical and electronic equipment, then report what you place on the market. Batteries work the same way through the RII-PyA.
Each one is a separate registration on its own rhythm, with its own collective scheme to join, and we rank the tools for that side of the job separately in our guide to WEEE compliance software. A seller based outside Spain needs a representative for those too.
Your packaging has to say which bin it goes in
Since 1 January 2025 the pack itself carries a duty. Household packaging has to be marked with the fraction, meaning the container the buyer should drop it in, and the marking has to be visible and easy to read.
Stock that was already printed before that date got a short grace period, which has since passed.
It sounds like a design job, and part of it is. It starts from data though, because you cannot tell a buyer which bin a component belongs in until you know what that component is made of.
And PPWR arrives on top of all of it
One more layer lands this year for everyone selling into the EU.
From 12 August 2026 the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) applies directly in Spain, and it brings the EU Declaration of Conformity (DoC), a signed statement backed by a technical file saying your packaging meets the rules.
So a tool built for Spain now has two jobs. Handle the established Spanish systems, and be ready for the Declaration of Conformity.
Spain also taxes your plastic
Here is the part that makes Spain different from its neighbours, and the reason a tool that only talks to your recycling scheme still leaves work on your desk.
Since 1 January 2023 Spain has charged an excise tax on non-reusable plastic packaging. The rate is 0.45 euros per kilogram, and it lands only on the non-recycled plastic in the pack, so recycled content comes off the taxable amount if you can back it up with a certificate.
You report it to the tax office on form 592, monthly or quarterly depending on the period you already file VAT on. Imports and intra-EU purchases are exempt while they stay under 5 kilograms of non-recycled plastic a month. There is a territorial registration and a stock record to keep as well.
Put that next to the section above and the shape of the problem is clear. The same piece of plastic gets counted twice, once as material weight for your scheme and once as non-recycled kilograms for the tax office, on two calendars, for two different authorities.
None of the seven tools below presents itself as a plastic-tax filing tool, so the return itself stays with your finance or tax people. What decides how painful it is, is whether your underlying product data is detailed enough to answer both questions without building a fresh spreadsheet each time.
Where the seven tools fit
There is one thing worth knowing before the ranking. Spain has no home-grown EPR platform the way Germany has Lizenzero or France has AlgoREP.
The first software most Spanish producers meet is their own scheme's portal, such as Envalora's Envanet or GENCI's information system. Those are genuinely useful, and they answer that scheme's declaration only. They do not touch the tax, the on-pack mark or your electronics.
So the real question is which tool turns your product data into everything Spain asks for, and keeps working when you add the next market.
The seven below fall into four lanes:
- A data platform you own. Repax.
- Done-for-you licensing, with the Spanish representative problem solved. Lizenzero and Staxxer.
- Software shaped around one specific job. ComplyMarket for the RPP declaration, Recyda for recyclability and the Declaration of Conformity.
- Breadth across many markets. Cheaply with ecosistant, or as an enterprise managed service with Sphera.
If you want the wider picture beyond one country, we also rank the best EPR software overall.
A few names you might expect are missing on purpose. AlgoREP covers France only. Valpak and Ecosurety run UK schemes. Source Intelligence and Assent are global supplier-data platforms weighted towards North America rather than tools built around the Spanish registers.
What we looked for in Spanish EPR software
The enterprise names sell on breadth. A producer selling into Spain cares about six plainer things, and those are what we ranked on.
| What we looked for | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Covers the streams you trigger | Packaging runs through a collective scheme, electronics through the RII-AEE and batteries through the RII-PyA, so a packaging-only tool leaves the rest with you. |
| Produces the RPP declaration cleanly | You declare a year of packaging by material and weight between 1 January and 31 March, so the software should hand you that breakdown rather than a starting point. |
| Handles selling in from abroad | Without a Spanish base you need an authorised representative in Spain, and your RPP number has to appear on your invoices. |
| Feeds the plastic tax as well as the scheme | The same packaging is counted twice, once by material weight and once as kilograms of non-recycled plastic, so the data has to be detailed enough for both. |
| Ready for PPWR and the DoC | The Declaration of Conformity is mandatory from 12 August 2026 for anyone selling packaged goods in the EU. |
| Grows past Spain | Few producers sell only in Spain for long, and a tool that answers the next market from the same data is the one you keep. |
The best Spanish EPR software ranked
We ranked the seven by overall fit for a producer placing goods on the Spanish market.
What moved a tool up the list was covering the streams you trigger, producing clean register and scheme data, solving the representative problem if you sell from abroad, coming ready for the Declaration of Conformity, and still working when you add markets.
Each entry covers what the tool is, who it suits, and the one thing to check before you commit.
1. Repax for one product record that answers every Spanish body
Repax treats Spanish compliance as a data problem rather than a paperwork problem.
You spec each product once, its components, their materials and their weights, and Repax turns that into whatever each Spanish body asks for.
That means packaging weights by material for your scheme contribution and the RPP declaration, the figures the electronics and battery registers want, the material breakdown that sits behind your on-pack mark, and the EU Declaration of Conformity for PPWR.
It is also our own product, so we lead with it, though we are straight about where each rival wins below. That one data layer is why it sits first. It does not need replacing when you add a stream, a market or a new rule.
That component view is also the level Spain's plastic tax works at, since the tax is charged on the plastic inside a pack rather than on the pack as a whole.
Two of the three Repax products are live today, with a third on the way:
- Core is the product-data and reporting engine behind every stream and market.
- Declare produces the signed EU Declaration of Conformity for packaging, covering PPWR Annex VIII.
- Comply will register and file with authorities and schemes for you. It is not out yet, so you can join the waitlist for 2026.
Against the six things we ranked on, Repax lands like this.
- Best for: producers selling packaged goods, electronics or batteries into Spain who want to own the data behind every declaration and be ready for the Declaration of Conformity.
- Strengths: one product-data layer across packaging, electronics, batteries and textiles; component-level weights by material, which is the layer both the scheme declaration and the plastic-tax calculation are built on; Declare produces the EU DoC today; self-serve with no consultant and no IT project; public pricing including a free tier; EU-built and EU-hosted.
- Markets and streams: the EU27 including Spain, each with its own register and format; packaging, batteries, electronics and textiles.
- Pricing: a free tier at €0 a month and public plans from €29 a month, enterprise on request (as of July 2026).
- Watch-out: Repax gives you the data, the reports and the DoC, but it does not register you in the RPP, join a scheme on your behalf, act as your authorised representative in Spain, or file form 592 with the tax office. Comply, the filing product, is on the way for 2026. It also holds the material data behind your on-pack mark rather than designing the artwork, and it covers the main streams rather than every niche Spanish one.
2. Lizenzero for foreign sellers who need a representative in Spain
Lizenzero, a brand of the recycling group Interzero, is the pick if the thing standing between you and the Spanish market is the representative rule.
They run a digital packaging-compliance service across 31 countries and have built the authorised-representative service into that workflow, which is exactly the gap a non-Spanish seller falls into. Interzero offers that representative service for Spanish packaging, electronics and batteries.
You answer questions about what you sell and where, they deal with the local schemes on your behalf, and their free obligation check tells you which countries you have picked up duties in.
Their pricing is unusually open for this part of the market, which makes budgeting across several countries easy to work out in advance.
- Best for: producers based outside Spain who want the registration and the authorised-representative duty handled rather than tooled.
- Strengths: authorised representative service built into the flow, including for Spain; 31 countries from one account; public per-country pricing; a free obligation check; backed by a large recycling group.
- Markets and streams: 31 European countries including Spain; packaging, with Interzero covering other streams under separate programmes.
- Pricing: public, a service fee of €299 per country plus each scheme's own volume-based fees, with discounts from three countries upwards (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: this is a done-for-you licensing service, not a platform you operate, so the product data stays wherever you keep it today. Lizenzero itself is packaging-led, and the schemes' volume fees sit on top of the service fee.
3. ComplyMarket for getting the RPP declaration right
ComplyMarket is the tool built most tightly around the Spanish packaging paperwork itself.
Their Spain service covers the RPP registration, including the ENV number you need on invoices, and it maps each of your packaging streams to the right scope, household or commercial and industrial, individual system or collective scheme.
The part most producers will feel is the annual declaration. They prepare it in the structure the Spanish rules ask for, run validation checks and hand you an export ready to submit.
They keep the SKU-to-packaging mapping and the evidence behind your declared totals, so if anyone asks how you reached a number you can show them.
It is a Munich-built compliance platform rather than a Spanish-native tool, and their wider product reaches into WEEE registration, PPWR and the digital product passport.
- Best for: producers whose Spanish headache is specifically the RPP declaration and getting the scheme mapping right.
- Strengths: a dedicated Spain packaging service; RPP registration support including the invoice number; scheme scoping for household and commercial or industrial packaging; annual declarations prepared, validated and exportable; SKU-level traceability and an audit trail.
- Markets and streams: Spain packaging, plus wider EU packaging compliance and WEEE registration; packaging-first.
- Pricing: demo-led, no public price (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: their Spain service does not cover the plastic tax or the on-pack marking duty, so both stay with you. Pricing comes by quote, and it is packaging-first rather than a multi-stream platform.
4. Recyda for recyclability and the Declaration of Conformity
Recyda is the sharpest tool here on packaging design itself, and it is German-built.
Their platform structures packaging data, reports EPR and scores recyclability against the standards Europe actually uses, including EN 18120. They also handle the PPWR side properly, managing the Declaration of Conformity and the technical documentation behind it.
If your Spanish problem is less about filing and more about whether your packaging passes, and what it will cost in fees when it does, this is the specialist.
Their EPR fee work spans more than 20 countries, and their own fee research tracks how Spanish rates move, which is a useful signal when you are budgeting a year ahead.
- Best for: producers whose main job is packaging recyclability, fee forecasting and PPWR readiness rather than Spanish filing mechanics.
- Strengths: recyclability scored against national and EU standards including EN 18120; Declaration of Conformity and technical-file support; EPR fee calculation across more than 20 countries; strong packaging-data structuring.
- Markets and streams: more than 20 countries, EU-led; packaging only.
- Pricing: demo-led, no public price (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: it is packaging-only, so your electronics and battery duties sit outside it, and it leans enterprise. Their site publishes dedicated pages for other countries rather than Spain, so confirm the depth of their Spanish coverage in the demo.
5. ecosistant for several streams on a modest budget
ecosistant is the value pick for a smaller seller with more than packaging to worry about and more countries than Spain.
They cover Spain plus up to around 30 European countries, and they carry more streams than most tools their size, including packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles and furniture.
They also publish a plain guide to the Spanish rules that flags the practical traps, including the Spanish authorised representative and the tax number with an electronic certificate you need to file anything.
Pricing starts from €24.90 per country, which is hard to beat when your market list is long and your volumes are modest. Software comes with optional consultancy, so there is a person available when a question gets specific.
- Best for: smaller online sellers covering Spain and other European countries across several streams, on a budget.
- Strengths: Spain plus up to around 30 European countries; broad streams including packaging, WEEE, batteries, textiles and furniture; public per-country pricing; self-serve with optional help; clear Spanish guidance.
- Markets and streams: EU27 plus the UK, Norway and Switzerland; packaging, WEEE, batteries, textiles and furniture.
- Pricing: public, from €24.90 per country (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: it is shaped for direct-to-consumer online shops, and the deeper support arrives as a consultancy upsell rather than in the software.
6. Staxxer for cross-border sellers who also owe Spanish VAT
Staxxer is built for the marketplace seller shipping into Spain from abroad, where EPR is only half the paperwork and Spanish VAT is the other half.
They bundle both, arranging the registrations and filing on your behalf as a service rather than handing you software to run. Their line is that you supply the product and packaging details and they do the paperwork and the calculations.
If you sell on Amazon or your own shop across borders and want one provider taking VAT and EPR off your plate, that is the pitch.
They handle EPR in 13 EU countries with Spain among them, cover packaging, electronics and batteries, and integrate with Amazon, Shopify and Bol.com. Pricing is public, charged as a per-country registration plus a yearly fee.
- Best for: cross-border marketplace sellers into Spain who need Spanish VAT handled alongside EPR.
- Strengths: VAT and EPR under one provider; done-for-you registration and filing; 13 EU countries including Spain; integrations with Amazon, Shopify and Bol.com; public pricing.
- Markets and streams: the EU including Spain; packaging, electronics and batteries, led by VAT.
- Pricing: public, a per-country registration fee plus a yearly charge (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: it is service-led rather than a data platform you operate, so you hand over the workflow instead of owning it, and their EPR pages make no mention of the Spanish plastic tax.
7. Sphera for large enterprises that want it handled
Sphera is one of the oldest names in product compliance and has the broadest raw coverage on this list.
They say they span more than 360 compliance schemes worldwide, Spain included, and they sell that reach as a managed service, with consultants who work out your obligations and set up the registrations for you.
That is both the draw and the trade-off. It is built for large organisations that want to hand the whole thing over, not for a team that wants to run Spanish compliance itself.
- Best for: large enterprises that want a consultant-led service covering Spain alongside many other markets at once.
- Strengths: more than 360 schemes worldwide, the widest raw coverage here; expert services alongside the software; a central cloud for registrations and reporting.
- Markets and streams: global including Spain; packaging, electronics and batteries.
- Pricing: sales-led, no public price (as of August 2026).
- Watch-out: enterprise and consultant-led with no published price, so it is more than most Spanish producers need, and it is less specific on the newest packaging rules than the specialists.
How the seven tools compare side by side
Here are all seven in one view, grouped by the kind of tool each one is. Prices are as stated on each provider's own site.
| Tool | Type | Best for | Spanish coverage | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repax | Software platform | Owning your compliance data | Register and scheme data, electronics, batteries, the EU DoC | Free, then from €29/mo |
| Lizenzero | Done-for-you licensing | Needing a representative in Spain | Registration, scheme licensing, authorised representative | €299 per country plus scheme fees |
| ComplyMarket | Spain packaging platform | Getting the RPP declaration right | RPP registration, scheme scoping, annual declaration | Demo-led |
| Recyda | Packaging and PPWR specialist | Recyclability, fees and the DoC | Packaging recyclability and fee data | Demo-led |
| ecosistant | SMB multi-stream software | Several streams on a budget | Packaging, WEEE, batteries, textiles, furniture | From €24.90 per country |
| Staxxer | VAT and EPR service | VAT and EPR from one provider | Packaging, electronics, batteries, VAT-led | Registration plus a yearly fee |
| Sphera | Enterprise managed service | Handing the whole thing over | Packaging, electronics, batteries | Sales-led |
Spanish EPR software questions answered
Short, direct answers to the questions producers selling into Spain ask most.
What is the best Spanish EPR software?
Repax, for a producer that wants to own its Spanish compliance data. One product record covers the streams most producers trigger, which are packaging, electronics and batteries.
From that one record it produces the weight-by-material breakdown your scheme and the RPP declaration need, holds the composition behind your on-pack mark, and produces the EU Declaration of Conformity through Declare.
If your blocker is the representative rule instead, Lizenzero is the most direct fix, and if it is the annual declaration itself, ComplyMarket is the most Spain-specific software.
Do I need an authorised representative to sell in Spain?
Yes, if your company is not established in Spain. You appoint a representante autorizado based in Spain who registers in the producer register on your behalf and carries the obligations with you.
If you appoint nobody, the first Spanish distributor of your goods becomes responsible instead, which is not a position a distributor will accept quietly.
What is the difference between Spanish EPR and the plastic tax?
They are two separate obligations to two different authorities. EPR means financing the collection and recycling of your packaging, which you do by registering with MITECO and paying a collective scheme by material and weight.
The plastic tax is a tax. It is charged at 0.45 euros per kilogram on the non-recycled plastic in non-reusable plastic packaging and is reported to the tax office on form 592.
Paying one does not settle the other, and the two want your packaging data cut in different ways.
When do I have to report packaging in Spain?
The annual declaration of what you placed on the Spanish market runs between 1 January and 31 March for the previous calendar year.
The plastic tax runs on its own clock, filed monthly or quarterly to match the period you already use for VAT. Registration in the producer register comes before any of it, as it has to be in place before you sell.
Does my packaging need a label in Spain?
Household packaging does. Since 1 January 2025 it has to be marked with the fraction, meaning which container the buyer should put it in, and the marking has to be visible and easy to read.
That makes your artwork part of compliance and not just your reporting, which is why knowing each component's material matters more than it used to.
Does Spanish EPR cover more than packaging?
Yes. Packaging is the most common duty, but electronics go through the RII-AEE register and batteries through the RII-PyA, each with its own registration, its own annual report and its own collective scheme.
Commercial and industrial packaging is also in scope since 1 January 2025, so business-to-business sellers who never touched a retail shelf now have packaging obligations too.
Is there free or cheap Spanish EPR software?
Yes. Repax has a free tier at €0 a month with paid plans from €29 a month, and ecosistant prices per country from €24.90, both published openly.
ComplyMarket, Recyda and Sphera price by quote. Whatever you pay for software is separate from your scheme contribution and from the plastic tax, which are both charged on what you actually put on the market.
What changes for Spanish packaging in 2026?
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies directly in Spain from 12 August 2026, on top of the national rules. It brings the EU Declaration of Conformity, a signed statement backed by a technical file saying your packaging meets the requirements.
So a Spanish tool now needs to be ready for the DoC, not only wired into the producer register and the schemes.
