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Packaging EPR (Resolution 1407 of 2018)

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) rule covering all packaging in Colombia, set by Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible. Applies since 2 August 2018.

By the SPI teamRule ID PR-CO-001Source consulted 14 October 2026Verified 14 October 2026
Sourced facts

The rule

Recorded from the official source named below. Rates and dates are as the source states them on the date it was consulted.

Jurisdiction
Colombia
Authority
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
Rule type
EPR
Materials
All packaging
Status
In force Enacted
Adopted or published
26 July 2018
Applies from
2 August 2018
From the source

“La presente resolución rige a partir de la fecha de su publicación en el Diario Oficial.”

Official source Cancilleria normograma: Resolucion 1407 de 2018Official (government or regulator) · consulted 14 October 2026

Deadlines

Key dates

  1. Adopted or published 8 years ago

  2. Applies from 8 years ago

  3. Source consulted by the SPI team today

  4. Re-checked by a second SPI team member today

SPI analysis

What it means

SPI analysis Our reading of the official source above. Not legal advice; always rely on the official text.

SPI summary

Producers must meet recovery (aprovechamiento) targets for packaging waste, measured against the weight placed on the market in a base year, through individual or collective management plans. Resolution 803 of 24 June 2024 modified articles 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9, including adding Article 9(b) targets for plastic packaging and single-use plastic products, and set new plan filing deadlines.

In practice

Producers placing packaging and, since Resolution 803 of 2024, single-use plastic products on the Colombian market must run individual or collective management plans, file them with ANLA and report progress each year against recovery targets for paper, board, glass, metal and plastic. Targets are measured against tonnage placed on the market in a base year, so accurate market data by material and resin is central. Converters, manufacturers and importers of packaging also carry their own duties under the resolution.

Where the record is unclear

  • The target percentages are in image tables (Tabla 1 and Tabla 1-a) that are not reproduced as text on the source page.
  • The normograma marks Article 2 as repealed while also showing new Article 2 text, so its consolidated status is ambiguous.
  • The progress report schedule table on the source page is partly garbled and should be checked against the official Diario Oficial version.

Where it sits in the tracker

  • One of 2 packaging rules we track in Colombia, of which 1 are EPR rules.
  • In all, 25 EPR rules are tracked across 15 jurisdictions. Compare them below

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SPI analysis

Overview

Resolution 1407 was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development on 26 July 2018 and applies from its publication in Diario Oficial 50.673 on 2 August 2018 (Art. 19)1. Its legal basis is Article 38 of Decree-Law 2811 of 1974, Article 5 of Law 99 of 1993 and Decree-Law 3570 of 2011, framed by Articles 79 and 80 of the Constitution and the CONPES 3874 policy of 2016 on solid waste1. Two later resolutions changed it: Resolution 1342 of 2020 and Resolution 803 of 2024, which brought single-use plastic products into scope and gave plastics their own targets in Article 9, literal b12.

The instrument works through a plan, the PGAREE, rather than a fee. Each producer files an individual plan or joins a collective one with ANLA, the national environmental licensing authority, through the VITAL online window, and then reports progress every year (Arts. 4, 7)12. Collective plans that fall short on tonnage can make up part of the gap through a multicriteria evaluation that needs at least 110 points, where 100 points equals the recycling target, but the method is unavailable below 70% of the quantitative target (Art. 10)12.

ANLA's page states there is no minimum or maximum volume threshold for filing, so a small brand owner is in scope from its first unit2. Since 2025, progress reports must use the Resolution 803 formats2.

Duties

Who must do what

Producer (own-brand manufacturer, importer, brand owner or first placer of single-use packaging)

  • Formulate, implement and keep current an individual or collective plan, file it with ANLA, and promote recycling alliances and eco-design (Arts. 4 and 11)1.
  • Report progress for 1 January to 31 December each year through VITAL using Annex III (Art. 7)1.
  • Extend collection coverage to San Andrés and to the cities phased in between 2023 and 2028 (Art. 9)1.

Commercialiser or retailer

  • Support producers' plans, offer space for collection points and tell consumers how to return packaging (Art. 12)1.

Packaging manufacturer or importer

  • Support producers' plans, research and consumer awareness programmes (Art. 13)1.

Transformer (recycler using recovered material)

  • Certify the recovered material it receives, register with the regional or urban environmental authority by 31 March, and report material changes (Art. 15)1.

ANLA and regional environmental authorities

  • ANLA evaluates plans, issues a technical concept and a follow-up order, and may carry out site visits notified in advance2.
  • Regional authorities report the list of registered transformers to ANLA by 30 April each year (Art. 18)1.
Scope

Are you in scope?

Work through each question. The answers are the SPI team's reading of the sources cited.

  1. Do you place packaged goods, or single-use plastic products, on the Colombian market for a final consumer?

    If yes
    You must hold or join a plan, with no volume threshold (Art. 2; ANLA)12.
    If no
    Other value-chain roles may still carry duties under Articles 12 to 151.

  2. Is the packaging hazardous waste?

    If yes
    Excluded from the resolution (Art. 2)1.
    If no
    Continue with the material tests1.

  3. Is it wood or natural textile packaging other than paper and board?

    If yes
    Excluded12.
    If no
    Paper, board, plastic, glass and metal are covered1.

  4. Is it primary packaging for medicines?

    If yes
    ANLA lists primary pharmaceutical packaging as excluded2.
    If no
    The plan must cover it2.

  5. Did you exist as a producer at 31 December 2022?

    If yes
    Your plan had to be filed or updated by 31 December 2024 (Art. 8)1.
    If no
    File by 31 December of the year after your first fiscal period (Art. 8)1.
Checklist

Compliance checklist

  1. Confirm the plan route

    By Now

    SPI analysis of the official text. Not legal advice; confirm with the text or counsel. Decide between an individual plan and a collective plan, noting that collective plan members carry joint and several liability (Art. 5)1.

    Evidence to keep Plan file number and collective agreement, if any.

  2. Build the baseline

    By Before filing or updating the plan

    Article 6 requires the baseline of materials placed on the market alongside governance, logistics and financing1.

    Evidence to keep Base-year tonnage by material and plastic resin.

  3. File the annual progress report

    By March or April each year

    Digits 1 to 5 in the fourth position of the file number report in March, digits 6 to 0 in April, using the Resolution 803 annexes2.

    Evidence to keep VITAL filing receipt and Annexes I to V.

  4. Collect transformer certificates

    By With each report

    Recovered tonnage is backed by certificates from transformers registered with their environmental authority (Art. 15)1.

    Evidence to keep Transformer certificates matched to reported tonnes.

  5. Plan city coverage

    By 2028

    Add the cities and San Andrés coverage that Article 9 phases in from 2023 to 20281.

    Evidence to keep Coverage map by municipality and year.

  6. Align with Law 2232 PET targets

    By 2025 to 2040

    PET bottles for other beverages must contain at least 20% recycled content from 2025, rising to 60% by 2040 (Law 2232, Art. 17)3.

    Evidence to keep Recycled content certificates for PET bottles.

Enforcement

Enforcement and penalties

Who enforces
Autoridad Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA)2
Powers
ANLA reviews plans and progress reports, may request more information before re-evaluating a plan, and may visit sites after written notice2. Monitoring of post-consumer plans carries fees under Resolution 1140 of 20222.
Enforcement so far
SPI knows of no published ANLA sanction under Resolution 1407 at 14 October 2026.

Penalties

BreachPenaltyLegal basis
Late or missing plan filings and missed recycling targetsNot set in Resolution 1407; assessed under the environmental sanctioning procedure of Ley 1333 de 2009Ley 1333 de 2009, as stated by ANLA; Resolution 1407 has no sanctions article12

Resolution 1407 contains no penalties of its own1. ANLA states that late filings, missed filings and missed recycling targets are assessed under Law 1333 of 2009 and lead to a sanctioning process where a violation is found2. The fine scale of the 2009 law is not reproduced in this entry.

Connections

How it fits with other rules

Timeline

History of the rule

  1. Resolution 1407 issued1.

  2. Published in Diario Oficial 50.673 and in force (Art. 19)1.

  3. Resolution 1342 of 2020 amends Resolution 140712.

  4. Original plan deadline for producers operating before 31 December 20182.

  5. Resolution 803 of 2024 adds single-use plastic products and separate plastic targets12.

  6. Deadline for producers existing at 31 December 2022 to file or update plans (Art. 8)1.

  7. Today

  8. Next annual progress reports open, March or April by file number2.

  9. Last city coverage step under Article 91.

Questions

Questions

Is there a minimum volume before a Colombian producer needs a packaging plan?

No. ANLA states that Resolution 1407 has no minimum or maximum volume threshold, so any producer placing packaged goods on the market for final consumers must file or join a plan2.

When are annual progress reports due?

In March or April, depending on the fourth digit of the plan's file number: digits 1 to 5 file in March and 6 to 0 in April. Reports cover 1 January to 31 December of the previous year and, since 2025, use the Resolution 803 formats2.

Can a collective plan meet its target without the full tonnage?

Partly. Article 10 lets collective plans add a multicriteria evaluation needing at least 110 points, but it cannot be used below 70% of the quantitative target12.

What happens if a producer misses a target?

Resolution 1407 has no sanctions article. ANLA states that missed targets and late or missing filings are assessed under Law 1333 of 2009, the environmental sanctioning procedure12.

Are medicine packs covered?

Primary pharmaceutical packaging is excluded, along with hazardous-waste packaging and wood or natural textile packaging other than paper and board, according to ANLA's guidance on Resolution 14072.

Glossary

Definitions

Plan de Gestión Ambiental de Residuos de Envases y Empaques (PGAREE)
The mandatory plan through which producers manage post-consumer packaging and single-use plastic product waste, filed individually or collectively with ANLA (Arts. 1 and 4).1
Productor
Defined in Article 3 as amended; ANLA reads it to cover own-brand manufacturers, importers for the national market, brand owners on consumer packaging and first placers of single-use packaging12.12
Sources

Sources for this analysis

  1. Cancilleria normograma: Resolución 1407 de 2018, Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (consolidated with Resolución 1342 de 2020 and Resolución 803 de 2024) Official · Consulted 14 October 2026
  2. ANLA: Plan de gestión ambiental de residuos de envases y empaques y de residuos de productos plásticos de un solo uso Regulator · Consulted 14 October 2026
  3. Cancilleria normograma: Ley 2232 de 2022 Official · Consulted 14 October 2026

Written by the SPI team on 14 October 2026. Sources checked as of 14 October 2026. SPI analysis, not legal advice; always rely on the official text.

Audit trail

Change history

Verified: a second SPI team member re-checked every fact above against the source on 14 October 2026. Any later change to the facts sends the rule back to Sourced and is logged here.

  1. Verified by a second SPI team member

  2. Changed: effective date, rate note, quote

  3. Verified by a second SPI team member

  4. Changed: SPI summary, rate note

  5. Added to the tracker

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Other jurisdictions

EPR rules elsewhere

The same type of rule for the same materials in other jurisdictions, by the date it applies.

RuleWhereTypeMaterialsStatusApplies from
Containers and Packaging Recycling ActPR-JP-002JapanEPRPlastic, Paper and board, GlassIn force1 April 1997
Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations and paper and packaging schemePR-ZA-001South AfricaEPRAll packagingIn force5 May 2021
EPR Guidelines for plastic packaging (PWM Rules Schedule II)PR-IN-001IndiaEPRPlasticIn force16 February 2022
Reverse logistics recycling credit certificates (Decree 11.413/2023)PR-BR-001BrazilEPRAll packagingIn force14 April 2023
Packaging collection and recovery targets under Ley REP (DS 12/2020)PR-CL-001ChileEPRAll packagingIn force16 September 2023
Germany Single-Use Plastics Fund Act (EWKFondsG)PR-DE-002GermanyEPRSingle-use plasticIn force1 January 2024
Sustainable Waste Management (EPR) Regulations, 2024PR-KE-002KenyaEPRAll packagingIn force4 November 2024
Quebec modernized selective collection (EPR) systemPR-CA-006Quebec, CanadaEPRAll packagingIn force1 January 2025
UK packaging EPR regulations (pEPR) 2024PR-GB-002United KingdomEPRAll packagingIn force1 January 2025
Maryland packaging and paper products producer responsibility (SB 901)PR-US-007Maryland, United StatesEPRPlastic, Paper and board, Metal, GlassIn force1 June 2025

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