Producer responsibility for vehicles
Producer responsibility for vehicles means that those of you who import new or second-hand cars to Denmark must contribute to ensuring that the substances and materials contained in vehicles are utilised as much as possible and treated environmentally correct at the vehicle’s end of life. Furthermore, producer responsibility contributes to ensuring that vehicles are not abandoned illegally on streets or in nature, thus becoming so-called ‘orphan’ vehicles.
When does producer responsibility apply?
As a general rule, the producer is the business that commercially imports the vehicle into Denmark. This applies regardless of whether the vehicle is imported for resale, rental, leasing, or the company’s own use. It is not, in itself, decisive which party has the vehicle inspected for registration or registered for use on public roads.
Registration
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When does producer responsibility apply?
As a general rule, the producer is the business that commercially imports the vehicle into Denmark. This applies regardless of whether the vehicle is imported for resale, rental, leasing, or the company’s own use. It is not, in itself, decisive which party has the vehicle inspected for registration or registered for use on public roads.
Your producer responsibility registration
Registration in The Danish producer register, annual reporting, and certification of reported quantities are statutory requirements.
Failure to confirm or certify reported quantities will result in deactivation of your registration in The Danish producer register. Once deactivated, you may no longer legally put covered vehicles or other products subject to producer responsibility on the Danish market.
If your registration has been deactivated due to non-compliance with your reporting obligations and you wish to be reinstated, you must contact DPA. Reinstatement requires payment of a new registration fee and completion of the outstanding reporting requirements.
Which vehicles are covered?
Passenger cars
Passenger cars in category M1 are covered. These are vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than nine persons, including the driver.
Producer responsibility applies to both new and used passenger cars.
Vans
Vans in category N1 with a maximum authorised mass of up to 3,500 kg are covered.
Producer responsibility applies to both new and used vans.
Registration and reporting
You must register in The Danish producer register and submit information to DPA each year. The reported information must be certified.
Failure to submit reporting or certification may result in deactivation of your registration. Once deactivated, you may no longer put covered vehicles on the Danish market in Denmark.
If you cease importing vehicles, you must notify DPA in writing no later than four weeks after the date on which imports cease. DPA can then deactivate your registration.
Registration and reporting
Vehicles and automotive batteries
If you import vehicles the producer responsibility covers new as well as second-hand vehicles, and all batteries are covered by a separate producer responsibility system. Therefore, remember to report all the batteries you import - also those that are fitted in the car when imported.
More about batteries
End-of-life vehicles
Is the car at its end-of-life?
The producer responsibility also means that producers and importers must ensure that owners of end-of-life vehicles have free access to handing over the end-of-life vehicle to the importer, a dealer, or an environmentally approved car breaker.
See also Collection and management of end-of-life vehicles