A fund not a register
For packaging, tyres, oils and single-use plastics, Romania routes producer duties through a fund rather than a public list. AFM is the Romanian EPR register in the sense producers use it, the Environmental Fund Administration, where you register as a contributor and file declarations.
You pay a contribution on any shortfall against your recovery targets, currently 2 lei per kilogram. It is a fund-and-declaration model, separate from the per-producer registers Romania keeps for electronics and batteries.
What AFM covers
- Packaging: individual fulfilment or a licensed organisation, with SIATD traceability reporting and the SGR beverage deposit system since November 2023.
- Tyres: collect and recover used tyres matching prior-year sales, individually or through a transfer body.
- Waste oils: a 0.3 lei/kg eco-tax and producer information duties.
- Single-use plastics: phased in from tobacco filters in January 2023 to further products by the end of 2024.
Who must register
Producers and importers that first place packaging, tyres, oils or single-use plastics on the Romanian market, distance sellers included.
Registering as a contributor
- Identify which AFM contributions apply to your products.
- Register as a contributor with the Environmental Fund.
- Join a licensed organisation or self-comply for packaging and tyres.
- File your AFM declarations and pay contributions on any target shortfall.
The separate deposit-return register
Beverage containers have their own register. Producers placing non-refillable drink containers of 0.1 to 3 litres on the market must sign up in the RetuRO deposit-return database before selling, and non-registration is fined 20,000 to 40,000 lei.
Foreign producers
Romania's waste framework law obliges a producer based in another EU country or outside the EU to appoint a Romanian company as its authorised representative (OUG 92/2021 art 12(12)). The packaging law itself puts the duty on whoever first makes the product available in Romania, so on sales to a Romanian business that is usually your buyer.
The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation adds to this. Since 12 August 2026 a seller abroad that sells packaged goods direct to Romanian end users must appoint an authorised representative for EPR (PPWR Art 45(3)). How AFM records a representative is not spelled out yet, so confirm it with AFM.
Romanian terms you will meet
- AFM: the Environmental Fund Administration.
- OIREP: a licensed packaging organisation.
- SGR and RetuRO: the beverage deposit-return system and its operator.
Romania's other registers
Romania keeps electronics and batteries in their own registers, separate from the fund. Electronics register in ANPM's electronics register and batteries in ANPM's battery register. This page is the Environmental Fund route for packaging, tyres, oils and single-use plastics.
Frequently asked questions about AFM
Short answers to what producers ask most.
How does the AFM model work?
You register as a contributor to the Environmental Fund and file declarations, paying a contribution (currently 2 lei per kilogram) on any shortfall against your recovery targets.
Which streams go through AFM?
Packaging, tyres, waste oils and single-use plastics. Electronics and batteries have their own registers at the environment agency.
Do beverage containers register separately?
Yes. Producers of non-refillable drink containers register in the RetuRO deposit-return database before selling, with a fine of 20,000 to 40,000 lei for failing to.
Do foreign producers need a representative?
Yes. Romania's waste framework law obliges producers based abroad to appoint a Romanian authorised representative (OUG 92/2021), and since 12 August 2026 the EU PPWR requires one for sellers abroad selling direct to end users. On sales to a Romanian business, that business usually declares.