Information on distance selling

Distance selling refers to a company or other operator selling products covered by Extended Producer Responsibility directly to the user consumers or businesses in another country. Distance selling also includes sales from one EU country to another EU country. 

The difference between distance selling and importing is that in distance selling the product is sold directly to the user, whereas in importing the product is sold on to another user by the importing company. 

In this section you will find information on the following topics: 

• Who is a distance seller?  
• How does a distance seller meet their Extended Producer Responsibility obligations?  
• Producer registers in EU countries 
   

Find out more and watch the recording  

• Webinar: distance seller’s Extended Producer Responsibility in Europe (youtube.com) 

The webinar explains how a Finnish company can manage Extended Producer Responsibility  in Europe. The webinar has Swedish and English subtitles.

 

Shortcuts

• How to manage Extended Producer Responsibility
• What is Extended Producer Responsibility?
• Who is subject to Extended Producer Responsibility?
• Legislation
• FAQ
• Whistleblowing form

 

Related links

• Waste legislation (Ministry of the Environment, ym.fi)
• WEEE Exclusions (European WEEE Registers Network, ewrn.org)
• Transfrontier shipments of waste (environment.fi)