Chile Requests Declaration of Priority Products under the EPR Law

On 2 May 2023 the Chilean Ministry of the Environment (MMA) published Resolution No. 410/2023 that requests producers (including importers) of priority products to declare the quantity of products they have introduced to Chile during 2022. The Resolution relates to the EPR Law (Law 20920; Establishment of a Framework for Waste Management, Extended Producer Responsibility and Recycling) that requires producers of priority products to create management systems to meet mandatory take-back targets. The requested information must be submitted by 30 June 2023 through the website of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.

Resolution No. 410/2023 applies to producers of the following priority products:

• Lubricating oils

• Electrical and electronic equipment

• Batteries and small batteries

• Containers and packages (including those producers that introduce in the market less than 300 kg of containers, reusable containers and containers belonging to the subcategory "others")

• Bicycle, wheelchair, and solid tires

• Newspapers and magazines

Under the EPR law a producer of a priority product is defined as any who:

• sells a priority product for the first time in the national market,

• sells a priority product acquired from a third party that is not the first distributor under its own brand

• imports a priority product for their own professional use

Producers must report the amount of priority products in cubic meters and/or tons brought into the Chilean market during 2022.