Which EPR numbers do I need for bol.com?

If you are the producer or importer of the packaged goods you sell, you need a Verpact registration for packaging. If you sell electronic items, you must register for WEEE via Stichting OPEN. If your products contain batteries, you need an additional battery registration, which is also managed by Stichting OPEN. A reseller buying from a registered Dutch supplier shows a purchase invoice instead.

How do I enter my EPR numbers in my bol.com seller account?

You apply for sales rights in the bol.com partner platform. Depending on your role and business location, you upload your proof of registration with Verpact or Stichting OPEN, proof of individual payment, or a purchase invoice, to be approved for the relevant product categories.

Do I need an EPR number if I am a reseller buying from a Dutch supplier?

No. If you purchase products from a supplier already established in the Netherlands, that supplier is the party that first places the item on the market and holds the EPR obligation. You only need to register if you import or manufacture the goods yourself, or sell them under your own brand.

Do I need a Verpact number if I stay under the packaging contribution threshold?

You still fall under the packaging rules of the Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014, but the waste management contribution to Verpact and the annual declaration apply once you bring more than 50,000 kilograms of packaging onto the Dutch market in a calendar year, counted across all materials together. Above that line the first 50,000 kg are deducted from the invoiced amount pro rata per material, so it is an allowance rather than a cliff, and there is no threshold at all for deposit packaging and packaging under the single-use plastics rules. Below the threshold you keep the administration; what falls away is the declaration and the contribution. bol.com can still ask you to show how you comply.

What happens if I don't provide an EPR number to bol.com?

bol.com states that it is legally obliged to enforce extended producer responsibility. If you do not provide valid registration numbers or proof of sales rights for regulated categories, bol.com takes the relevant part of your product range offline.

Which EPR numbers does bol.com need for your products?

The exact EPR numbers you need to sell on bol.com

To sell physical products on bol.com in the Netherlands as a producer or importer, you need a Verpact registration for packaging: as a manufacturer or importer of packaging or packed products you are responsible for managing the packaging until the waste phase, which is what extended producer responsibility means, and you must comply with the 2014 Packaging Management Decree (Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014)^[1]. Partners are only allowed to sell via bol in the Netherlands and Belgium if they comply with the applicable EPR regulations, and bol states it is legally obliged to take the relevant product range offline if they do not^[2]. If you sell electrical or electronic equipment, you also need an AEEA (WEEE) producer registration from Stichting OPEN. For portable batteries, including products with batteries built in, you must register with Stichting OPEN and pay a waste management fee^[3]. Stichting OPEN and the administrative organisation of Stichting Batterijen combined their strengths from 1 January 2024, so electronics and batteries now run through one organisation^[4].

If you also sell across the border into Germany, your Dutch numbers do not travel with you: packaging is registered in LUCID and electronics and batteries with stiftung ear, and since 12 August 2026 a seller without a German branch needs an authorised representative in Germany for all three. For sellers handling clothing or home textiles, obligations run under the separate UPV Textiel scheme.

Packaging: Verpact participant number under the Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014, covering all primary, shipping and filler materials.
Electronics (WEEE): Stichting OPEN producer registration via the Nationaal (W)EEE Register under the Dutch EEE regulations.
Batteries: Stichting OPEN battery registration, covering built-in, replaceable and standalone batteries.

If you are unsure whether your business qualifies as a producer or how your product catalogue is classified across these systems, our Digital needs analysis determines your exact legal duties across every sales channel.

How bol.com maps assortments to EPR regimes

bol.com classifies compliance by product component rather than by general shop category. A single packaged consumer item frequently triggers three parallel registrations under Dutch extended producer responsibility rules, because the box, the device and the battery each belong to a different regime. For example, a wireless computer mouse sold in a printed box triggers packaging duties for the box and shipping parcel, WEEE obligations for the internal circuitry, and battery duties for the included power cell.

Product example	Component triggers	Active EPR regimes	Required registration identifier
Ceramic coffee mug	Cardboard box, shipping bag, adhesive tape	Packaging	Verpact registration number
Mains-powered desk fan	Appliance wiring, motor, cardboard box	Packaging + Electronics (WEEE)	Verpact number + Stichting OPEN WEEE number
Bluetooth headphones with battery	Lithium cell, wireless audio device, retail box	Packaging + Electronics + Batteries	Verpact number + Stichting OPEN WEEE and battery numbers

bol.com currently lets partners apply for sales rights in seven EPR categories: batteries for selling in the Netherlands, plus six categories for selling in Belgium, namely electrical and electronic appliances together with disposable cameras and (pocket) lamps; car tyres; batteries and accumulators; HEV batteries and vehicles; mattresses; and solar panels^[2]. For those categories you must either obtain sales rights or register with the management organisations before your listings can stay active^[2]. Packaging is not one of those seven categories: there bol.com relies on the general rule that partners comply with the applicable EPR regulations, and can ask you to show how.

Edge cases: private labels, reselling and shipping from abroad

EPR in the Netherlands applies to companies that sell products in the Netherlands for the first time: you are then responsible for the waste from those products, including the rules on collection and recycling^[5]. Whether you must supply your own registration numbers to bol.com therefore depends on how you source your inventory.

Private-label sellers: if you manufacture goods or have items produced under your own brand name, you are legally the initial producer in the Netherlands. You must hold direct registrations with Verpact and Stichting OPEN.
Direct importers: if you import finished products from outside the Netherlands (whether from China, the UK or another EU member state), you act as the importer of record and hold primary EPR responsibility for packaging, electronics and batteries.
Domestic resellers: if you purchase inventory from a commercial supplier based in the Netherlands who has already registered and paid the statutory EPR fees, you are not the primary producer. You do not need independent producer numbers for those specific goods, provided you retain commercial purchase invoices demonstrating domestic acquisition.
Shipping from abroad into NL: non-Dutch sellers distributing directly to Dutch consumers by distance selling register with the Dutch management organisations themselves, or through an authorised representative.

The explicit no-case applies to pure domestic retail: a Dutch merchant buying pre-packaged consumer goods from a Dutch distributor who already paid Verpact and Stichting OPEN fees does not register as the initial producer for those items.

How to obtain and enter your numbers in the bol seller account

Securing your EPR credentials requires formal registration with the designated Dutch producer responsibility organisations before you arrange sales rights in the bol.com partner platform. What you need to provide depends on your role: a purchase invoice per product category for one of the items you wish to sell if you are not EPR-obligated, proof of registration with a management organisation if you are a partner from outside the European Union who is EPR-obligated, or proof of individual payment if you pay EPR fees individually^[2].

Register with Verpact: create an account on the Verpact portal, sign the participant agreement, and receive your administration number for Dutch packaging volume reporting.
Register with Stichting OPEN: sign the collective affiliation agreement with Stichting OPEN for electrical equipment (AEEA) and batteries to obtain your register entry in the Nationaal (W)EEE Register.
Access the bol.com Partnerplatform: navigate to your seller dashboard under the settings section for sales rights and environmental compliance.
Submit registration proof: provide your formal registration certificates, or upload purchase invoices from Dutch upstream suppliers if claiming reseller status.
Maintain active sales rights: monitor category approval status to prevent product listings from being suspended or taken offline by automated platform checks.

Partners who cannot show that they comply face their product range being taken offline: bol.com states it is legally obliged to remove the relevant assortment when a partner does not meet the applicable EPR rules.

Outlook: how EPR enforcement develops from here

Environmental compliance rules at both national and European level continue to tighten. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) entered into force on 11 February 2025 and has applied since 12 August 2026; since that date Article 45(4) obliges a marketplace to obtain and verify your packaging EPR registration number per member state of sale, which is why platforms now ask for numbers rather than a self-declaration. We take the rule apart in our article on PPWR and marketplaces. Similarly, the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 introduced revised producer responsibility provisions applicable since 18 August 2025.

Because Dutch implementation rules and platform enforcement mechanisms adapt continuously, future reporting thresholds and administrative requirements remain subject to upcoming ministerial decrees and official gazette publications. What is verified today may require updated documentation in subsequent reporting years.

Which obligations apply depends on your exact role in the chain for each scheme: who manufactures, imports, sources from Dutch suppliers, or sells under an own label is a producer under EPR for one regime and not for another. These distinctions cannot reliably be resolved through a general checklist alone.

To understand your compliance position today and be on the safe side, start the Digital needs analysis now. Afterwards, our experts support you in implementing the requirements and keep you covered as the rules develop.

Frequently asked questions

Which EPR numbers do I need for bol.com?: If you are the producer or importer of the packaged goods you sell, you need a Verpact registration for packaging. If you sell electronic items, you must register for WEEE via Stichting OPEN. If your products contain batteries, you need an additional battery registration, which is also managed by Stichting OPEN. A reseller buying from a registered Dutch supplier shows a purchase invoice instead.
How do I enter my EPR numbers in my bol.com seller account?: You apply for sales rights in the bol.com partner platform. Depending on your role and business location, you upload your proof of registration with Verpact or Stichting OPEN, proof of individual payment, or a purchase invoice, to be approved for the relevant product categories.
Do I need an EPR number if I am a reseller buying from a Dutch supplier?: No. If you purchase products from a supplier already established in the Netherlands, that supplier is the party that first places the item on the market and holds the EPR obligation. You only need to register if you import or manufacture the goods yourself, or sell them under your own brand.
Do I need a Verpact number if I stay under the packaging contribution threshold?: You still fall under the packaging rules of the Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014, but the waste management contribution to Verpact and the annual declaration apply once you bring more than 50,000 kilograms of packaging onto the Dutch market in a calendar year, counted across all materials together. Above that line the first 50,000 kg are deducted from the invoiced amount pro rata per material, so it is an allowance rather than a cliff, and there is no threshold at all for deposit packaging and packaging under the single-use plastics rules. Below the threshold you keep the administration; what falls away is the declaration and the contribution. bol.com can still ask you to show how you comply.
What happens if I don't provide an EPR number to bol.com?: bol.com states that it is legally obliged to enforce extended producer responsibility. If you do not provide valid registration numbers or proof of sales rights for regulated categories, bol.com takes the relevant part of your product range offline.