# The deadlines > Every date that matters for foreign packaging producers in Italy, with the rule that sets it. Open data · CC BY 4.0 · Last updated: 2026-10-14 · https://epritalyrep.com/data/deadlines/ --- | Date | What must happen | Source | |---|---|---| | 2026-08-12 | **An authorised representative becomes mandatory EU-wide** — PPWR Article 45(3): a producer selling directly to end users in a member state where it is not established must appoint an authorised representative there. Amazon has asked every seller for a registration number since the same date. | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj | | 2026-10-01 | **New CONAI contribution for plastic** — CONAI's higher contribution for every plastic band applies from 1 October 2026, and new rates for the simplified import procedures. | https://www.corepla.it/news/imballaggi-in-plastica-definiti-i-nuovi-valori-del-contributo-ambientale-conai/ | | 2026-12-09 | **Deadline for Italy's PPWR decree** — L. 36/2026 art. 14 delegates the Government to adapt Italian law to the PPWR within eight months of 9 April 2026. Until then, CONAI's existing rules apply. | https://portalenormativo.it/articolo/l-2026-03-17-36/art-14 | | 2027-01-20 | **Annual CONAI declaration, where annual** — Members on the annual frequency declare the previous year's packaging by 20 January. Quarterly and monthly declarations are due by the 20th of the month after the period. | https://www.conai.org/imprese/servizi-gestione-adempimenti-consortili-e-opportunita-imprese/contributo-ambientale/dichiarazione-e-versamento/ | ## Sources - D.Lgs. 3 aprile 2006, n. 152 (Testo unico ambientale), art. 221: - D.Lgs. 152/2006, art. 178-quater — e-commerce platforms: - Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), Article 45: - Legge 17 marzo 2026, n. 36 (legge di delegazione europea 2025), art. 14: - CONAI — Soggetti obbligati e modalità di adesione: - CONAI — FAQ: imprese estere: - CONAI — Adesione e termini generali: - CONAI — Contributo Ambientale, valori 2026: - CONAI — Dichiarazione e versamento: - CONAI — Guida all'adesione e all'applicazione del Contributo Ambientale 2026 (PDF): - Corepla — new CONAI plastic contribution from 1 October 2026 (25 May 2026): - MASE — Registro Nazionale dei Produttori (RENAP): - Amazon.it — Extended Producer Responsibility compliance: - Amazon.it Seller Forums — “EPR ITALIA”, Amazon moderator reply, 4 August 2026: - Amazon.it Seller Forums — CONAI number in Seller Central, 23 September 2026: - Amazon Seller Central — EPR Pay on Behalf in Italy: - EPR Rates — Amazon pay-on-behalf vs provider vs doing it yourself (checked 1 Sep 2026): - Kaufland Global Marketplace — EPR for Kaufland.it: - ECOPV-EU — Packaging Italy: - Pakkausvastuu — Italy packaging EPR: - epritalia.com — prezzi: - Reudnitzer Compliance — EPR Italien (take-e-way quote, July 2026): - Interzero Italia — rappresentante autorizzato: