Croatia
Croatia runs producer responsibility through the state, not private schemes. Croatian EPR compliance means paying a fee directly to the environmental fund FZOEU for each stream and reporting monthly in the RPPO system, across eight active streams.
There are no competing compliance schemes to choose between here. The fund is the single counterparty, which makes the model unusually simple to describe and unusually centralised.
What carries EPR in Croatia
Eight streams carry active duties: packaging, electronics, batteries, vehicles, tyres, lubricant oils, single-use plastics and plastic fishing gear. The single-use plastics and fishing-gear fees came in at the end of 2024.
The older streams have run on the fund model for years, long before the 2023 ordinances that consolidated the current rules. Waste tyres carry a management fee, and landfilling waste tyres is banned.
Textiles are the remaining gap, with no Croatian transposition found yet and an EU scheme deadline in 2028.
Reporting through RPPO
Producers and importers register and report in RPPO, the producer register, with monthly digital reporting since January 2025.
The fee goes to FZOEU, the fund, rather than to a producer responsibility organisation. That is the core difference from most EU countries, where you would join a private scheme instead.
The deposit system
Beverage containers between 0.2 and 3 litres carry a deposit, the povratna naknada, separate from the packaging fee to the fund.
A drinks producer pays the deposit on the container and still owes the packaging management fee, so both land on the same bottle.
Who has to comply
The duty covers producers and importers on the Croatian market, plus distance sellers shipping to Croatian customers.
Compliance is the fund fee plus the RPPO reporting behind it, so there is no scheme membership step to complete separately.
A producer based outside Croatia must appoint an authorised representative in Croatia, who registers and reports in RPPO on their behalf.
What changes next
Here is what changes, and when:
- 12 August 2026: the EU packaging regulation PPWR applies directly in Croatia.
- Around April 2028: a textile and footwear scheme must be operating under the revised EU waste directive.
Frequently asked questions about EPR in Croatia
What producers ask before they register, in short.
What is EPR in Croatia?
Producer responsibility across eight active streams, run through the state fund FZOEU rather than private schemes, with producers reporting monthly in the RPPO system.
What is the Croatian EPR register?
RPPO, the producer register, where producers register and file monthly digital reports, paying the management fee for each stream to the FZOEU fund.
Are there private compliance schemes in Croatia?
No. Croatia uses a state-run fund model, so producers pay FZOEU directly rather than joining a producer responsibility organisation.
Is the deposit the same as packaging EPR?
No. The povratna naknada deposit on beverage containers is a separate system, and it applies alongside the packaging management fee.
Does Croatia have textile EPR yet?
Not yet. No Croatian transposition has been found, and the EU deadline for a scheme is around April 2028.