How to register for EPR in Croatia in 2026

This guide gets your company registered for extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Croatia, from the first login to the state register to the first report that follows your first sale.

Packaging, electronics and batteries are the streams this guide takes step by step. They are the three most sellers meet among the eight that Croatia regulates.

How do I register for EPR in Croatia?

Croatia regulates eight waste streams, and all of them run through one register, RPPO. The state Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU) keeps it. The steps below cover packaging, electronics and batteries in depth.

• No scheme to join. You report straight to the Fund, and the Fund's decision sets your waste management fee after each report.
• One login, a number at once. You register through Croatia's e-Građani portal, and RPPO gives you a registration number at your first login.
• Who files from abroad. The Croatian business that brings your goods in, when you sell to Croatian businesses. Your Croatian representative, when you sell direct to consumers.

Registering is where the duty starts, not where it ends. You must be in RPPO before your first report, which is due by the 20th of the month after your first sale. Batteries have to be registered before the first one is sold.

What to gather first

Before you open RPPO, gather these five things.

1. A login Croatia accepts

   RPPO only opens through e-Građani and Croatia's national identification system (NIAS), with a credential of at least substantial security. The person who legally represents the company logs in, or someone they authorise through the e-Ovlaštenja service.

2. Your company details

   Your company name, registered seat and tax number. RPPO can fill much of this from the official business registers.

3. A product list by stream

   Every product sorted into packaging, electronics and batteries, with the batteries built into devices counted as batteries too.

4. Your role for each product

   Whether you make it in Croatia, bring it in from another EU country or import it from outside the EU. That also fixes the date your duty starts: the customs declaration for imports, the invoice for goods from the EU.

5. A mandate for a Croatian representative

   A written mandate for a company or sole trader registered in Croatia, if you sell direct to Croatian consumers from abroad. The Fund approves it when your representative uploads it.

The one question that decides your whole route

If your company is based abroad, it also matters who buys from you:

• A Croatian business. The business that brings your goods into Croatia is the producer and registers.
• A consumer, buying at a distance. You are the producer, and your Croatian representative registers you. Step 3 shows where batteries reach further.

Why the Fund is both your register and your bill in Croatia

Every EU country runs its own producer registers, and how to register for EPR in Europe walks the shared frame. Croatia's version has one register and one body to deal with.

Across EPR in Croatia the state Fund does the job a scheme does elsewhere. You register with it, report to it and pay it, and the Financial Agency (FINA) runs the register for it.

Below are Croatia's three registrations side by side, with fees as published in October 2026.

RPPO replaced reporting by post and email in January 2025, and every fee payer had to register in it that month. Since 18 June 2026 batteries are reported once a year instead of monthly. The EU packaging regulation (PPWR) has applied since 12 August 2026 without changing how RPPO works.

A 6-step guide to EPR registration in Croatia

This guide takes you from the first check, whether Croatia counts you as the producer, to holding your RPPO number and filing your first report on time. The steps run in the order the deadlines set, and each one ends with what you should have in hand before you move on.

Step 1. Confirm Croatia counts you as the producer

Croatia counts you as the producer if you are the first to put the product on the Croatian market. That is the maker in Croatia, the business that brings goods in from another EU country, or the importer from outside the EU, even for goods kept for its own use.

For packaging, the EU packaging regulation has set the test since 12 August 2026, and it includes a seller abroad shipping packaged goods direct to Croatian end users.

For electronics, it also covers a seller abroad selling at a distance direct to Croatian users.

For batteries, the EU Battery Regulation's test applies, batteries built into devices and vehicles included. There is no volume threshold in any of the three. You are done when you can name your streams and your role in each.

Step 2. Work out which RPPO reports you owe

One registration in RPPO opens every stream, and each stream then has its own report.

1. Packaging. A monthly report for single-use packaging, and a yearly one for reusable packaging.
2. Electronics. A monthly report, by equipment category.
3. Batteries. One report a year, loose and built-in batteries alike.
4. Drinks in the deposit system. On top of the packaging report, each drink is entered in RPPO before it goes on sale.

A boxed device with a battery is three reports: the equipment, the battery and the packaging. The other streams are in the table below the steps.

Step 3. Decide who files in RPPO

One rule from abroad covers all three streams, so the answer turns on where you are based and who buys from you.

Established in Croatia. You file yourself. The person who represents the company can authorise someone else through e-Ovlaštenja, but no scheme files for you.

Selling to Croatian businesses from abroad. The Croatian business that brings your goods in is the producer, so it registers and reports.

Selling direct to Croatian consumers from abroad. You appoint a Croatian representative in writing, and it registers and reports for you. How to appoint an EPR authorised representative walks the mandate.

For batteries the EU rule reaches every end user, businesses included. Electronics sold at a distance to Croatian businesses also make you the producer, so confirm that route with the Fund.

Step 4. Gather what RPPO asks for

RPPO reads your company data from the official registers, so the work is on the product side.

• Packaging. Weights by material for what you place on the market each month.
• Electronics. Quantities by equipment category, in the EU format for producer registers.
• Batteries. Quantities by battery type, including those built into devices and vehicles.
• A representative. The signed mandate and powers of attorney, uploaded for the Fund to approve.

Step 5. Register before your first report

The order is short, because RPPO issues the number the moment you register.

1. Appoint your representative if you sell direct to consumers from abroad, since it logs in and registers you.
2. Get your login ready on e-Građani and activate its user box, where the Fund's decisions will arrive.
3. Log in to RPPO and accept its terms. The system registers you and assigns your number there and then.
4. For drinks in the deposit system, enter each drink in RPPO and send the Fund a labelled sample at least 14 days before it goes on sale.

You are done when you hold your RPPO number and your first report date is in the calendar.

Step 6. Do what the registration makes due next

Report what you placed on the market in RPPO by the 20th of every month, for the month before. The Fund's decision setting the fee then lands in your user box, and you pay by the end of that month.

Batteries are reported once a year, by 20 January for the year before. Reusable packaging is reported by 20 January too, and its fee is paid by 31 January.

Changes to your registered details are due within 15 days. How to do EPR reporting walks the reporting cycle.

The other streams Croatia regulates

Beyond packaging, electronics and batteries, Croatia puts producer duties on five more streams.

Below is how each of them is registered, with a page that goes deeper.

One product record behind every Croatian RPPO report

There are two ways through the work above, and both rest on the same product data.

Run the filings yourself

Croatia turns EPR into a monthly data job. Packaging goes in by material, electronics by category and batteries once a year, and each report sets the fee you pay that month.

Repax Core holds one structured record per product, down to each material and component, takes your sales in through integrations or order imports, and turns them into the figures each RPPO report asks for.

A boxed device with a battery is described once, and its packaging, equipment and battery lines go to the right report every period.

Or hand the filings over

If you sell direct to Croatian consumers from abroad, Repax Comply is the managed route, linked at the top of this guide. Producers register and report through Repax market by market, with a Croatian representative where the law requires one.

The Croatian detail to know is the clock. With a report due every month, the handover is mostly about never missing the 20th.

6 common mistakes when registering for EPR in Croatia

Below are six mistakes that cost producers time or a fine when they register in Croatia.

1. Waiting for the month to end

   Treating the first report as a year-end job. It is due by the 20th of the month after your first sale, and you have to be in RPPO before you file it.

2. Looking for a scheme to join

   Shopping for a producer responsibility organisation. For these streams Croatia has none to choose, and the Fund is your counterparty.

3. Treating the number as the whole duty

   Registering and stopping there. The monthly report and the fee paid by month end are the duty, and the number only opens it.

4. Keeping batteries on the monthly rhythm

   Filing batteries every month out of habit. Since 18 June 2026 they are reported once a year, by 20 January.

5. Reading the deposit as the packaging duty

   Assuming a deposit drink is covered. It carries the deposit and the packaging management fee, both on the same container.

6. Putting a drink on sale too early

   Launching a drink in the deposit system without the check. It has to be entered in RPPO, with a sample sent to the Fund, at least 14 days before sale.

Frequently asked questions about registering for EPR in Croatia

Below are the five questions producers ask most often about registering for EPR in Croatia.

How long does this take?

RPPO assigns your registration number the moment you register at your first login. A representative's mandate needs the Fund's approval, with no published time. The real clock is your first report, due by the 20th of the following month.

Do I need a company or an address in Croatia?

No. Selling to Croatian businesses, the business that brings your goods in registers. Selling direct to Croatian consumers, you appoint a representative registered in Croatia, and it registers and reports for you.

Is the deposit system the same as packaging EPR?

No. Drinks in plastic, metal and glass from 0.2 to 3 litres carry a deposit, and their producer still pays the packaging management fee. From 1 January 2027 the deposit also covers cartons, non-PET plastic and smaller containers.

Can Repax register for me?

Yes, through Repax Comply. It runs your Croatian registration and the monthly reporting, with a Croatian representative where you sell direct to consumers from abroad.

What happens if I sell in Croatia without registering?

Not registering is an offence. For packaging and electronics a company faces a fine of about 1,300 to 13,300 euros. For batteries, which may not be sold before registering, the fine runs from 3,000 to 30,000 euros.