Simplified reporting method (applies to companies placing less than 50,000 kg of packaging on the market per year, i.e. small producers):
Only the 1st usage of pallets in Finland must be reported.
The following are considered first usage:
- The 1st packaging use of a new pallet on the Finnish market
- The import of a new or used pallet into Finland
Reuse of pallets is not reported under the simplified reporting method. If the use of a pallet continues within Finland after its 1st usage (placing on the market or import), this reuse does not need to be reported under the simplified reporting method.
A pallet pool refers to a system in which pallets circulate between several companies for shared use. In a pool system, pallets are returned and reused, meaning companies do not need to own their own pallets but rent them from the pallet pool when needed.
Pallet pool pallets must be taken into account in packaging data reporting as follows:
- If a company uses pallets from a pallet pool, it is the company’s responsibility to verify with the pool operator whether the pallet pool is registered with a producer responsibility organization.
- A pallet pool subject to producer responsibility is responsible for reporting the 1st usage of pallets. However, the pallet user reports the reusable cycles.
- A company renting pallets from a pallet pool reports the reuse of pallets, i.e. all uses after the 1st usage
