Declaration guide
The declaration must reach us by no later than 28 February every year.
The declaration you will submit, will refer to the industrial packaging placed on the Belgian market in the course of the previous year.
There are different methods for obtaining the data of your declaration. We recommend you to use the method that will give you the most reliable data. To help you, Valipac has developed three calculation methods:
Calculation method based on product sheets
This method is based on the use of product sheets which describe all the packaging necessary to market a sales unit (primary, secondary and tertiary packaging) for each product. Your total product sheets will allow you to calculate your total packaging responsibility
The detailed calculation method is available here
Calculation method based on packaging materials
This method can be used if you package or have products packaged for the purpose of placing them on the Belgian market (those responsible for packaging type A). You will need the weight and the type of material of all the packaging that you have purchased to package your products marketed in Belgium.
The detailed method of calculation is available here
Calculation method based on packaging waste (also called container method)
You can use this method if you import goods directly and unpack them for self-consumption (party responsible for packaging type C). To do so, you use the data you receive from your waste collector.
Declaration of reusable packaging
In addition to single-use packaging, you must also declare reusable packaging. Here too, a distinction must be made between the responsibilities for packaging types A, B and C.
In the case of reusable packaging, you do not have to enter the weight, but the quantity of packaging. If you use standard reusable packaging (e.g. a Euro pallet) we ask you to report the quantities. If you use your own reusable packaging, you must also provide us with the unit weight of the packaging in addition to the quantities.
In determining the quantity to be reported, you should take into account each use of the packaging.
Example:
If you unpack reusable pallets coming from abroad and reuse them for packing your goods, you declare them twice:
- 1 time in type C because you have unpacked them,
- 1 time in type A because you are using them again to pack and distribute goods on the Belgian market.
This is to ensure that we can calculate the correct ratio between single-use and reusable packaging.