Do the registration check

If you, as a producer/importer/reseller, are the first to place electrical appliances, lamps, batteries, and/or (bicycle) batteries on the Dutch market, the legal producer responsibility applies to you.

Register with Stichting OPEN and report annually what products you place on the market. You will pay a waste management fee that is used for the collection, sorting, and processing of discarded products.

To determine if you need to comply with producer responsibility, you need to answer “Yes” to one of the following questions. Are you visually oriented? Then check out this image:

Are you based in the Netherlands and do you produce electrical appliances, lamps, portable batteries, or (bicycle) batteries, or have them designed, which you place on the Dutch market?Are you based in the Netherlands and sell electrical appliances, lamps, or batteries, or (bicycle) batteries that were produced by someone not designated as a producer?Do you purchase electrical appliances, lamps, batteries, or (bicycle) batteries abroad and place them on the Dutch market?Are you based abroad and sell electrical appliances, lamps, batteries, or (bicycle) batteries directly to Dutch consumers or end users?

Register for appliances and lamps

Register for batteries and (bicycle) batteries