Netherlands
Does Dutch furniture EPR apply to you
Furniture EPR in Netherlands means one product in practice: mattresses. There is no furniture-wide producer responsibility here, only a declared levy on consumer mattresses run by Stichting Matras Recycling Nederland since 2022.
It narrows twice over. Only consumer mattresses at least 3 cm thick count, meaning single and double mattresses, baby and children's mattresses and toppers. Hotel, hospital and other commercial mattresses, protectors, air beds and gym mats are all out.
You are covered if you place these on the Dutch market as one of:
- A manufacturer of consumer mattresses
- An importer bringing them onto the market here
- A retailer first placing them on the Dutch market
What furniture compliance costs in the Netherlands
The money is a per-mattress waste-management contribution that Stichting Matras Recycling Nederland sets and passes down the chain. No official rate is published, so treat the amount as scheme-set rather than fixed in law.
There is a real carve-out, but read it carefully. Producers placing 200 or fewer consumer mattresses a year owe no contribution, yet they must still register and file the annual return, even a nil one.
Enforcement rests on the levy's binding force rather than a fine schedule. It legally binds every party placing mattresses on the market, including those who never joined, and there is no separate authorised-representative route, so a foreign seller registers with the scheme directly.
Compare the equally narrow construction glass levy and the graphic paper levy mapped on EPR in the Netherlands: all three are declared levies, not statutes.
Questions sellers ask about furniture EPR in the Netherlands
Short answers to the common ones.
What does furniture EPR mean in the Netherlands?
There is no furniture-wide scheme. The only duty covers consumer mattresses at least 3 cm thick, run by Stichting Matras Recycling Nederland under a declared levy. Commercial mattresses, protectors, air beds and gym mats are excluded.
Who has to register for furniture EPR in the Netherlands?
Anyone placing consumer mattresses on the Dutch market: manufacturers, importers and retailers first placing them here. Even producers under the 200-a-year fee threshold must register and file an annual return.
How much does furniture EPR cost in the Netherlands?
A per-mattress contribution set by the scheme and passed down the chain, with no official rate published. Producers placing 200 or fewer consumer mattresses a year pay nothing, but still register and report.
When are furniture reports due in the Netherlands?
Reporting to the scheme is annual, including a nil return for small producers. The official pages set no fixed public calendar date for the producer return, while the scheme files its own compliance reports to Rijkswaterstaat each year.
