On Thursday 26th March PackUK is planning to issue updated Notices of Liability (NoL) for the assessment year 2025-26 (Year 1) to all liable producers under pEPR who exceed the materiality threshold for recalculation. PackUK will communicate further if this date changes.

We have been asked to share the following information with members:

• Obligated producers who resubmitted their packaging data, and had it accepted by the regulators, will have their approved tonnages reflected in the updated NoL.

• Updated NoLs will reflect both producer resubmitted tonnages and a slight decrease in PackUK administrative costs.

• Any producer’s obligation that has changed by less than £25, will not receive a new NoL, and their original obligation will stand.

• As previously communicated, the disposal fees will remain unchanged compared to NoLs issued in October 2025.

The updated NoL relates to the 2025/26 assessment year and is based on the packaging the producer supplied for the previous calendar year (2024 data).

Where to find a Notice of Liability

A producer’s Notice of Liability is sent through the Report Packaging Data (RPD) portal.

The primary contact (the person nominated by the producer as the main point of contact) on their RPD account will receive an email notification when the notice is available. The only way to update a primary contact is by logging into an RPD account and resubmitting the registration data.

When to pay a Notice of Liability

A producer must pay by the dates shown on their Notice of Liability. Payment is usually in quarterly instalments, but full payment details, and ways to pay, are outlined in the notice.

If a producer does not pay an instalment within 50 days of the due date, PackUK can:

• charge interest on the unpaid amount

• take enforcement action, including issuing a variable monetary penalty

How to pay a Notice of Liability

The Notice of Liability should be treated as a producer’s invoice though, as a notification of a statutory liability, it does not have the same standing as a commercial invoice. A producer can pay a Notice of Liability by:

• direct debit (paid quarterly) which can be set up through a Stripe link on the NoL

• bank transfer using the producer’s unique VBAN shown on the information page of the NoL. (any payment made to the wrong VBAN will be allocated against the wrong account)

• credit or debit card

• standing order

A producer not paying by direct debit will need to contact the customer support desk to set up a payment plan. Failure to do so could result in receipt of automated payment reminders.

Payment cannot be made through SWIFT. As the Notice of Liability is not a commercial invoice, PackUK will not provide a purchase order, VAT number, or supplier portal registration to make the payment.

Next Steps

Producers (or their compliance scheme) are required to submit their H2 packaging data by 1 April 2026. This will be used to calculate their obligations for the 2026-27 assessment year.

Following these data submissions, PackUK will work with the four environmental regulators to check the data quality and conduct analysis. PackUK then intends to issue the first Notices of Liability for the 2026-27 year by early July.
Where to find further help

Further guidance regarding Notices of Liability has been published on gov.uk here: Extended producer responsibility for packaging: notice of liability – GOV.UK

A ‘step by step’ video guide explaining the elements of a Notice of Liability is linked here: Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging Notice of Liability Guide

For any questions about a Notice of Liability or payment methods, a producer should contact PackUK’s customer support desk to discuss the issue.

Telephone: 0300 060 0002 – Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm

Email: EPRCustomerService@defra.gov.uk

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