PRO Europe

Financing

The costs of running the collection and recovery systems are covered by the packaging fees paid by the producers. Fees are paid to REPA in relation to the reported amount of the respective packaging material set on the Swedish market (in kilogrammes). REPA distributes the fees to the respective material waste management company according to customers' packaging reports. Reports and payment are made quarterly or - for smaller companies - on a yearly basis.

Tariffs

	Material type	SEK/kg
	Metals, aluminium and steel plate, cans > 16 cm in diameter	0.60
	Metals, aluminium and steel plate, other	1.20
	Metals, drums	0.06
	Cardboard/paper, beverage carton¹	0.60
	Cardboard/paper, other	0.45
	Certain industrial packaging made of board²	0.02
	Corrugated cardboard³	0.02, 0.05, 0.15 or 0.75
	Corrugated cardboard, service packaging⁴	0.45
	Plastic, commercial packaging⁵	0.00
	Plastic, foamed plastic and other	1.25
	Plastic, service and grower packaging⁶	1.13

1) E.g juice and milk packaging
2) That is shells and paper tubes (paper cores in the center of rolls) except those which could end up with the consumer. Molded pulp drums. End covers and wrapping paper for large paper rolls delivered from paper mills.
3)The fee payable depends on the company’s operating sector. See newsletter no 4-04 at www.repa.se, for specific information on this subject.
4) Service packaging refers to packaging that is mainly "filled" in the store/restaurant (e.g pizza cartons made of corrugated board) or by the consumers themselves.
5) Commercial packaging means plastic packaging for goods that are not intended for individual consumer use. Amounts shall be shown despite the fact that the fee is SEK 0.0/kg.
6) Service packaging refers to packaging that is mainly "filled" in the store/restaurant, such as plastic carrier bags.

How are the licence fees calculated?

The packaging fees are set by the material companies. They are based on weight and charged on the basis of reports submitted by REPA´s customers as a quarterly or yearly payment for the preceding period. Fees for glass packaging are paid directly to Svensk GlasÅtervinning and amount to about 0.17 SEK per piece on average.

The packaging fee is only to be collected at one stage. In principle, the packaging fee is to be paid by the filler. Further fees can apply, for instance the import fee on all sales, industrial and transport packaging around items that are imported or brought from another EU country. In addition, there is the fee for packaging used (packed or filled) in Sweden on all packaging which is added to goods or already packed goods: A fee is to be paid if the manufacturer has not already paid.

To prevent all shops, catering establishments, restaurants, pizzerias, hot dog stands, consumers, bakeries, launderettes, banks, offices etc. from having to join just because they fill packaging, a fee for some packaging is charged to the manufacturer and the party which imports the packaging itself. This applies inter alia to plastic bags, standard bags/sacks, pizza cartons, cake cartons, hot-dog trays, plastic film and aluminium foil, wrapping paper, salad containers, disposablecutlery, etc. These packages are called service packaging and special regulations apply to them. Companies which manufacture or import service packaging have to pay a packaging fee for this. (There is an option to let a subsequent party - e.g. a packaging wholesaler - "take over" the obligation to pay the fee, which however requires an explicit agreement between the parties concerned and REPA.)