RAP obligations for plastic bags
If you are a manufacturer, importer, distributor, or online retailer of plastic bags of any type or material, you are required, in accordance with Royal Decree 293/2018 of May 18, on reducing the consumption of plastic bags, to declare and pay for the management of all plastic bags placed on the market in Spain, as well as all waste generated by such bags.
Obligations of plastic bag manufacturers or distributors
The main obligations of plastic bag producers include the Register of the companies in
- the RPP-plastic bags section,
- registering with the corresponding SCRAPs for this product and paying the mandatory fees according to the number of bags and the materials they are made of, placed on the market annually.
In addition, in accordance with Article 40 of Law 7/2022, of April 8, on waste and contaminated soil for a circular economy, if you are a foreign company based outside Spain but marketing in Spanish territory, you are required to appoint an Authorized Representative to fulfill your obligations.
How can you comply with your obligation?
All companies that sell plastic bags must comply with their obligations. But how?
What annual declarations am I required to make?
The provisional declaration for plastic bags must be submitted annually at the beginning of the fiscal year and includes a realistic estimate of all plastic bags that will be sold during the fiscal year, specifying the materials they are made of.
The deadline for submitting this declaration is March 31 of each fiscal year, except for companies that register after this date, for which the deadline is December 31 of each fiscal year.
Once the fiscal year has ended, the final declaration must be submitted, which is an adjustment to the provisional declaration, reflecting the actual quantities of plastic bags and their materials placed on the market in the previous fiscal year. The deadline for submitting this declaration is February 28 of each fiscal year.
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