Bulgaria
Bulgaria keeps its producer duties in one online system with a public register for most streams. Bulgarian EPR compliance means entering the National Waste Information System, NISO, for almost everything. Footwear and textiles are the early exception, with their own separate register.
Seven streams route through NISO. Vehicles carry producer duties too but report through the system without a standalone public register. The footwear-and-textiles register sits apart and predates the coming EU textile rules.
What carries EPR in Bulgaria
The NISO streams are packaging, electronics, batteries, tyres, waste oils, single-use plastics and plastic fishing gear. Vehicles carry producer duties too but have no public producer register. Most have run for over a decade, with tyres from 2012 and waste oils and batteries from 2013.
Compliance runs through a recovery organisation or, in some cases, individual compliance and a product fee. Producers file into the relevant public register, often with a qualified electronic signature.
Footwear and textiles are the outlier. Bulgaria set up a registration duty and a framework here in 2021, ahead of most of Europe, though the implementing rules that would set targets and fees are not adopted yet.
Two registers to know
Most streams live in NISO, the National Waste Information System, which holds the packaging, electronics, battery, tyre, oil and single-use-plastics registers.
Footwear and textiles have their own home in the ExEA footwear-and-textiles register. It is a registration duty for now, with the financial scheme still to come.
Who has to comply
Anyone placing goods on the Bulgarian market is in scope, importers and distance sellers included, and each files into the public register for the streams they touch.
Compliance for most streams means joining a recovery organisation, a Bulgarian producer responsibility organisation, or meeting the duty individually with a product fee.
What changes next
The pipeline is mostly about turning the early textiles register into a full scheme:
- Textiles and footwear: the implementing ordinance setting targets and fees is still to be adopted, with the EU deadline for a scheme in 2028.
- 12 August 2026: the EU packaging regulation PPWR applies directly in Bulgaria.
The battery ordinance's alignment with the EU Battery Regulation is not confirmed on an official source, so registration continues under the existing regime for now.
Frequently asked questions about EPR in Bulgaria
Quick answers to what comes up most often.
What is EPR in Bulgaria?
Producer responsibility across seven streams recorded in the NISO system, plus vehicle duties and an early footwear-and-textiles register, fulfilled through recovery organisations or individual compliance.
What is the Bulgarian EPR register?
For most streams it is NISO, the National Waste Information System. Footwear and textiles use a separate register run by the environment agency.
Why does Bulgaria already have a textiles register?
It moved ahead of the EU, creating a footwear-and-textiles registration duty in 2021, before the EU-wide textile-EPR requirement.
How do I comply in Bulgaria?
By registering in the public register for each stream and joining a recovery organisation, or meeting the duty individually with a product fee.
Does the EU textile rule change anything here?
Yes. It brings the full financial scheme, with targets and fees, on top of Bulgaria's existing registration duty, expected by 2028.