🇧🇬 Bulgaria: PPWR Packaging EPR and Deposit Return
How Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) applies in Bulgaria: the national extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, small-producer thresholds, eco-modulation, and deposit return system status. PPWR is directly applicable in Bulgaria from August 12, 2026.
EPR scheme
ECOBULPACK / state registry.
Small-producer threshold
To confirm with national authority.
Eco-modulation
PPWR eco-modulation applying from Aug 2026.
Deposit return system
DRS Not Yet Operational
Not yet set
PPWR Art. 50 mandate by Jan 1, 2029.
TBD
Not yet
Watch points
EPR system transitioning. PPWR application may outpace national system readiness. Monitor.