Vacation Mode Shipping resumes in first week of September

What it means? You can still put your order but the earliest date it will be shipped is in first half of September. If you have any questions please use contact form or email to hello@sandraelderberry.com

EU Shipping is Paused indefinitely

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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
  • Phone/SMS: +1 (415) 956-3303 
  • Email: info@moderneden.com
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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.