Information on distance selling
Distance selling refers to a company or other operator selling products covered by Extended Producer Responsibility directly to the user consumers or businesses in another country. Distance selling also includes sales from one EU country to another EU country.
The difference between distance selling and importing is that in distance selling the product is sold directly to the user, whereas in importing the product is sold on to another user by the importing company.
In this section you will find information on the following topics:
- Who is a distance seller?
- How does a distance seller meet their Extended Producer Responsibility obligations?
- Producer registers in EU countries
Read guidance documents
- Guidance for distance sellers (pdf)
- Guidance for online platform providers (pdf)
- Guidance for Authorised representative (pdf)
Watch the webinar 10.9.2024
Distance selling: Navigating Extended Producer Responsibility in Finland
- Link to the recording (youtube.com)
- Opening words Eini Lemmelä, Senior Specialist, Ministry of the Environment
- Sustainable Business in Finland Kari Luoto, Managing Director, Finnish Commerce Federation
- How to Manage Extended Producer Responsibility in Finland Tiina Vermaete, Senior Officer, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (EPR Authority)
- Producer Organizations and Joining a PRO in Finland Olli Alanen, Chairman, Advisory Board for Finnish PROs
See the materials
- Sustainable Business in Finland (pdf)
- How to Manage Extended Producer Responsibility in Finland (pdf)
- Producer Organizations and Joining a PRO in Finland (pdf)
- Distance selling: Navigating Extended Producer Responsibility in Finland Q&A (pdf)
Webinar for companies based in Finland (2023)
The webinar explains how a Finnish company can manage Extended Producer Responsibility in Europe. The webinar has Swedish and English subtitles.
ely-updated 25.04.2025