Preparing for the first pEPR invoice
Important Member Notice: Applies to producers supplying household and public bin packaging only
Key takeaways
- Liable producers to be invoiced through RPD based on their household, and public bins, packaging placed on market in 2024
- Producers to ensure user details on RPD are up to date
- Producers to prepare internal processes for fees to be paid as a statutory debt payment instead of a traditional supplier
Gov guidance:
In October 2025, liable producers will receive their first invoice for pEPR disposal fees calculated from their submitted 2024 packaging data. You can read our previous news story on the confirmed 2025 pEPR disposal and admin fees here.
Here is a reminder of what PackUK and Beyondly, as your compliance scheme, are responsible for:
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Invoicing
Liable producers will be notified of their annual invoice, also referred to as a Notice of Liability (NoL) in October 2025. This will be available through the Report Packaging Data (RPD) portal.
PackUK will also notify Primary Contacts and Approved Users on RPD to advise them on how to access their invoice – please note that these are those who are set up on the RPD portal and hold a legal responsibility for it.
Through RPD those users can administer the account, download invoices, and view past payments.
| If there are other persons, such as those in finance or accounts departments, who will require access but aren’t already registered on RPD, an Approved User will need to add them to the account, or the Approved User will be able to download and forward on the relevant documents. |
It is advised, that in advance of October, users log onto RPD to check your details and contacts are up to date.
For subsidiaries that are registered as a group, the registered holding company will receive these invoices and is responsible for payment on their behalf. Subsidiaries registered independently are liable for their own fees.
Payment
When notified that your invoice is ready, it must either be:
- Paid in full within 50 days; or
- You can choose to pay on the pre-defined four-instalment payment plan that you must manually set up, either as a Direct Debit, or by choosing a payment plan to be paid.
Failure to do so may result in penalty charges and potential legal action. Overpayments will be held on account against future fees.
Payments can be made via direct debit, bank transfer, credit card or standing order.
As pEPR invoices are issued through the pEPR Regulations they are classed as statutory / regulatory debt which means:
- PackUK is not classified as a supplier or vendor
- Penalty fees for late payment will not be delayed
- No purchase orders will be provided or quoted
- VAT numbers will not be quoted, as PackUK is a government body
- Payments cannot be delayed
Please prepare your internal processes and systems for the payment of a statutory debt payment without usual documentation.
Late payments
If you are late paying, you may be liable to pay a variable monetary penalty of:
- 20% unpaid disposal and admin fees; or
- 5% UK turnover (2% of UK group turnover if registered as a group)
Recalculations
The amount payable on your invoice will be based on your submitted data and calculated based on data submitted by all producers at the time of issue.
If, during the rest of the compliance year, additional data has been submitted, or other reasons for a change in data become apparent, PackUK may issue a revised invoice explaining your new amount payable and how it was calculated.
Fortune favours the prepared
Please make sure you read all the relevant guidance and prepare correctly in advance of October to avoid and potential issues.
Preparation checklist:
- Ensure your details on RPD are up to date
- If finance / accounts departments need access, Approved Users will need to add them to the account
- Review your submitted tonnages against the confirmed base fees to calculate an estimate of your liability
- Prepare your internal processes for statutory debt payment without traditional supplier documentation
| Please be aware that while Beyondly are here to help you with your obligations around the new pEPR regulations, we don’t have access to, or sight of, the RPD portal for our members and cannot help with the above processes. |
PackUK have also advised that the customer service desk can only discuss account details and payment queries with approved users as listed on the RPD, so making sure all correct people are added to the system, with up-to-date details, in advance of October is advised.
Beyondly are here to help!
We are here to help you with your requirements to collect and store all data related to the new pEPR Regulations. Your Account Manager and our wider Packaging Team are on hand to help you digest all changes presented during the establishment of the new pEPR Regulations, and to help you prepare for future submissions.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss this further, please contact your Account Manager, or drop a message to [email protected].
We look forward to continuing to help you navigate the pEPR Regulations now and in the future.
Help and enquiries
If you have any queries relating to your invoice, you will need to contact the pEPR helpdesk directly via:
- Telephone: 0300 060 0002 (Mon-Fri 0800-1630)
- Email: [email protected]
