EU Shipping is Paused

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The Night Of Persephone

The Portrait Show 13: Magic

Currently on Display at Modern Eden Gallery:

  • 1100 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
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Memoir

Medium: Oil on canvas panel

Size:  7.1 x 9.4 in.

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EU Shipping is Paused

Due to new PPWR regulations shipping to all EU countries except for The Netherlands is paused.

I already done my best before it was a law to minimize my environmental waste, etc. so I am not really worry about that part. But where it is getting interesting (the below is my understanding as not trained in this matter person):

  1. You need to register (buy a license) in EVERY EU country. EVERY EU country has its own way/system and approach how to do it.
  2. Collect data on each package you send: weight of envelope, category of everything, etc. and report it per country.
  3. Get a representative in country you are not registered (have no physical office).

So part 1 and 2 is doable in some countries, I just need to work on weekends 😈 Also because I have small volume of sales in some countries big chunk of my income will go to cover "waste fee" because there is minimum 1 kg of waste you can report. For example in Germany my waste fee would costs 16 - 20 EUR which one of the lowest. But in France the minimum €80 per year flat fee applies.

And now is a nuclear news hiring representative ranges between €300 and €1,500+ per year per country.

I just can't afford any of it.

The punishment fine is up to 100 000 EUR. The checks are told to be automated at least in some countries.

I hope micro businesses will be excluded from obligation to have representative during October voting on law changes.

Here is a petition to sigh if you are in EU.

Also, you can provide feedback to the regulation.