# The dearest household glass fee in the euro area is 5.6 times the cheapest, and the gap is about scheme design, not glass

> In 2026 the nine euro schemes Strategic Packaging Insights (SPI) priced charge household glass between EUR 19.14 per tonne (Repak, brand holder share) and EUR 108 per tonne (ARA, Austria) on weight, and Spain and France add per-unit charges that lift a 200 g bottle portfolio to about EUR 60 and EUR 28 per tonne.

Publisher: Strategic Packaging Insights  
Published: 2026-10-27  
Last updated: 2026-10-27  
Page: https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/insights/glass-packaging-epr-fees-euro-schemes/

**In 2026 the nine euro schemes Strategic Packaging Insights (SPI) priced charge household glass between EUR 19.14 per tonne (Repak, brand holder share) and EUR 108 per tonne (ARA, Austria) on weight, and Spain and France add per-unit charges that lift a 200 g bottle portfolio to about EUR 60 and EUR 28 per tonne.**

Glass is the heaviest material most drinks and food brands place on the market, and its fee is the one most budgets treat as a rounding error. The rates below come from each scheme's own 2026 table, with 2027 where it is published, and because every scheme charges in euros they can be ranked, as long as the reader keeps in mind that the fee bases are not the same.

## Executive summary

Every scheme in this piece charges in euros, so for once SPI can rank a material line across borders. The ranking in Exhibit 1 is clear. On the weight part of the fee, household glass costs EUR 108 per tonne at ARA in Austria, EUR 105.20 at Fost Plus in Belgium and EUR 100 at Verpact in the Netherlands, against EUR 20.30 at Valorlux, EUR 20.10 at Citeo and EUR 19.14 for the Irish brand holder at Repak. The dearest weight rate is 5.6 times the cheapest.

The ranking moves once the fee base is read. Ecovidrio in Spain charges EUR 0.03515 per kg plus EUR 0.00498 per container, and Citeo in France adds per-unit litter and reuse contributions to its weight rate. On SPI's worked example of 100 tonnes of 200 g bottles, the per-unit part is 41.5% of the Spanish bill and 28.1% of the French one. The lighter the bottle, the more those two schemes charge per tonne.

Ledger 04, [What packaging EPR fees cost per tonne in 2026](https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/insights/epr-fees-per-tonne-2026/), found glass to be one of the cheapest lines in every euro table; this piece looks at that line alone. Three forces explain most of the spread. The first is what the fee has to pay for: Fost Plus says the full cost of installing, maintaining and emptying its bottle banks sits in the glass rate. The second is what cullet sells for: CONAI has raised glass by 20% for 2027 because cullet prices stay low and drinks consumption is falling. The third is scope: Repak shares its fee across four stages of the chain, and Portugal and Austria price glass in systems that compete with each other or rest on a separate glass operator.

Deposit systems matter less than many expect. In the four of the nine countries where SPI confirmed an operating deposit for single-use drinks containers (Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal), glass is outside it. A glass bottle therefore stays on the scheme tariff in every market here, while the PET bottle and can next to it on the shelf may have left.

The 2027 tables already published point one way. CONAI moves glass from EUR 40 to EUR 48 per tonne, Valorlux from EUR 20.30 to EUR 29.80 and Ecovidrio up 7.0% on both parts, while ARA, Fost Plus and Verpact hold their glass rates. Glass-heavy brands should price 2027 by scheme, check bottle weight and closures against each scheme's maluses, and ask converters in Italy how the first-transfer fee reaches their invoices.

## Key findings

1. Household glass weight rates for 2026 run from EUR 19.14 per tonne (Repak brand holder share) to EUR 108 per tonne (ARA code 1.02.0), a factor of 5.6, across nine euro schemes (scheme tables consulted 27 October 2026).
2. Three schemes sit within 8% of each other at the top (ARA EUR 108, Fost Plus EUR 105.20, Verpact EUR 100) and three within 6% at the bottom (Valorlux EUR 20.30, Citeo EUR 20.10, Repak EUR 19.14).
3. **SPI calculation:**  on 500,000 bottles of 200 g, Ecovidrio's per-unit charge of EUR 0.00498 adds EUR 2,490 to a EUR 3,515 weight fee, lifting Spain from sixth to fifth place, at EUR 60.05 per tonne.
4. For 2027, CONAI raises glass 20% to EUR 48 per tonne, Valorlux 46.8% to EUR 29.80 and Ecovidrio 7.0% on both parts, while ARA (version of 28 September 2026), Fost Plus and Verpact hold 2026 levels.
5. Repak's glass line rose 158.3% for 2026, from EUR 7.41 to EUR 19.14 per tonne for the brand holder, the largest 2025 to 2026 step in this set; Citeo's rose 22.6% and ARA's 5.9%.
6. **SPI analysis:**  in Belgium, a composite glass pack (code 017) or a black glass bottle coloured in the mass (D014) pays EUR 4,419 per tonne, 42 times the clear glass line, the steepest glass penalty in the nine tables.

## Nine tables, four fee bases

Each scheme publishes its glass rate in its own unit and its own format, and they do not all charge the same thing (Exhibit 2). Six publish a single household glass rate per kilogram or per tonne with no other part. Citeo and Ecovidrio add per-unit charges. Fost Plus, Ecovidrio and Citeo penalise hard-to-recycle glass, and the two Portuguese entities offer a 10% lower value for packaging that meets every criterion.

Read across the table and the comparison splits into two kinds. For the six weight-only schemes, the per-tonne figure is the whole household glass fee before VAT, and a ranking is a fair comparison. For Spain and France, the per-tonne figure is a floor. The Spanish per-container part does not depend on weight at all, and Citeo's per-unit contributions are counted per sales unit (UVC), so the bill depends on how many bottles make up a tonne.

The Irish figure needs a word of its own. Repak's 2026 sheet splits the recycled glass rate across the chain: EUR 1.00 per tonne for the manufacturer, EUR 1.00 for the converter, EUR 19.14 for the brand holder or importer and EUR 2.00 for the retailer, EUR 23.14 in all (Repak Fees 2026). Each business pays the share for the stage it occupies, and the chain as a whole pays EUR 23.14 per tonne. SPI uses EUR 19.14 in rankings and shows EUR 23.14 alongside.

Portugal has two numbers for a different reason. Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV) is not the only licensed entity in the integrated urban system, SIGRE. Novo Verde, which shares the system, publishes three 2026 rate periods for glass: EUR 0.07669 per kg from 1 January and from 22 February, and EUR 0.07752 from 1 August, with a published 2026 average of EUR 0.07704 and an eco-modulated average of EUR 0.06933 (Novo Verde, update of 1 July 2026). Both entities also price a non-urban flow at a small fraction of the urban one: SPV's non-urban glass value is EUR 0.0065 per kg, 7.5% of the urban value.

Italy's base differs again. CONAI levies its fee at the first transfer of finished packaging inside Italy, so the glassworks or the last trader of empty bottles shows the EUR 40 per tonne on its invoice to the packer, rather than the brand declaring what it places on the shelf (CONAI EPR fee page). The [Italy CONAI piece](https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/insights/italy-conai-fee-bands-explained/) sets out how that invoice works.

SPI analysis

For a brand that buys bottles in Italy and fills them elsewhere, the CONAI fee can arrive on an Italian invoice for glass that is later declared again in the country of sale. SPI has not modelled how exemptions for exported packaging apply; that is a question for CONAI and for counsel.

## Where 2027 is already published

Six of the nine schemes have published a 2027 glass value, and three of them hold it flat (Exhibit 3). The schemes that move do so sharply.

CONAI announced the Italian rise on 2 July 2026, with effect from 1 January 2027, and tied it to the economics of the glass consortium rather than to a new cost line (CONAI, 2 July 2026). Valorlux's general assembly approved its 2027 detailed-declaration tariffs in early October 2026, and the PV01 glass line goes from EUR 0.0203 to EUR 0.0298 per kg; the simplified-declaration tariffs are still to be published (Valorlux, 13 October 2026). Ecovidrio's 2027 values are EUR 0.03761 per kg and EUR 0.00533 per container, and the same pair is printed in Ecoembes' Precios 2027 table (Ecovidrio; Ecoembes Precios 2027).

On the other side, ARA's 2027 sheet, version of 28 September 2026, prints EUR 0.108 per kg for household glass in both years. Fost Plus lists EUR 0.1052 per kg for glass in both its 2026 and 2027 columns, and Verpact's table shows EUR 0.100 for 2026 and 2027 (scheme pages, consulted 27 October 2026).

SPI has not yet confirmed 2027 glass values from Citeo's, SPV's or Novo Verde's own tables. Repak has posted a 2027 regular membership rates document, but SPI has not yet confirmed its glass line.

SPI analysis

If the 2027 values hold, the gap between the dearest and cheapest published glass rates narrows from 5.6 times to about 3.6 times when Valorlux is the new low on 2027 data (EUR 108 against EUR 29.80), because the low end is where the increases are. That is a comparison across the six schemes with a 2027 value only; Repak and Citeo may move the bottom of the range again.

## How fast glass fees moved into 2026

The 2025 to 2026 step varied even more than the 2027 one (Exhibit 4). Each change is measured inside one scheme's own table.

Repak's step is the striking one. Its 2025 sheet gives EUR 7.41 per tonne for the brand holder and EUR 11.41 across the chain, and the 2026 sheet EUR 19.14 and EUR 23.14 (Repak Fees 2025 and 2026). The manufacturer, converter and retailer shares did not change, so the whole rise sits with the brand holder, and the chain total rose 102.8%. The fee sheets give no reason for the step.

Citeo's glass line went from 1.64 to 2.01 euro cents per kg (Citeo 2025 and 2026 tariffs). Valorlux's moved down and back up: EUR 0.0201 per kg in 2024, EUR 0.0177 in 2025 and EUR 0.0203 in 2026 (Valorlux 2026 table, which prints all three years). Verpact's glass history shows that a flat year can follow a large step: the table prints EUR 0.056 per kg for 2021, EUR 0.048 for 2022, EUR 0.060 for 2023 and EUR 0.100 from 2024 onwards, a 66.7% rise in 2024 that has held for four years (Verpact Tarieven).

SPI analysis

Glass rates are low in euros but volatile in percentages. A brand that budgets glass as a fixed share of its EPR bill would have under-provided by more than half in Ireland for 2026 and will under-provide by almost half in Luxembourg for 2027. Because glass is often most of a drinks brand's tonnage, small per-tonne moves still carry real money; Exhibit 7 puts a number on it.

## Four fee designs for glass

The fee bases in Exhibit 2 fall into four groups once two questions are asked: does the scheme charge anything per container, and does it vary the glass rate by recyclability? SPI uses these two questions as its framework because each answer points a packaging team to a different lever (Exhibit 5).

**Design A, flat weight.**  Five schemes charge one household glass rate and nothing else. Here the only fee lever is weight: a 10% lighter bottle saves 10% of the glass fee, whatever its colour or closure. These five include the dearest (ARA) and the cheapest (Repak), so design A says nothing about level.

**Design B, weight with a bonus.**  SPV's 2026 bonificado value for glass is EUR 0.0781 per kg, 10% below the base, and applies only when the packaging meets every eco-modulation criterion set for the material (SPV Tabela VPV 2026). Novo Verde's eco-modulated 2026 average is likewise 10% below its base average. The lever is evidence: a brand that cannot show the criteria are met pays the base.

**Design C, a penalty line.**  Fost Plus does not discount glass but has a severe penalty. Code 017 covers composite packaging in which glass is the largest share of the weight, and black glass bottles coloured in the mass are listed as obstructive packaging (D014); both pay EUR 4.4190 per kg, against EUR 0.1052 for clear glass bottles, flasks and jars (Fost Plus Green Dot rates 2026). Code 001 also excludes pyrex, crystal and natural opal glass containing more than 600 ppm fluorine.

**Design D, weight, units and maluses.**  Ecovidrio and Citeo charge both on weight and per container, and both penalise the same physical features: closures that disrupt glass furnaces and glass that is not soda-lime. Ecovidrio applies a 50% penalty on the base tariff since January 2025; Citeo applies a 100% malus on the unit's contribution (Exhibit 11).

SPI analysis

Most glass bottles and jars will sit in the base case of every design, so the framework matters most for three groups: premium spirits and cosmetics in opal, crystal or black glass; jars with ceramic or swing-top closures; and lightweight bottles in Spain and France, where the per-unit charge rises as weight falls.

## Why glass rates range so widely

A spread of 5.6 times on one material in one currency needs an explanation, and the scheme documents give part of it (Exhibit 6). SPI groups the drivers into collection model, remelt value, deposit boundaries and scope.

**Collection model.**  In the two schemes whose documents describe it, glass is collected through bring banks. Fost Plus's explainer names its extensive bottle bank network as what makes glass collection accessible, and charges the bottle banks to glass in full, together with glass quality controls and clean-site campaigns (Fost Plus, what, why and how). AGR, the Austrian glass system, says it organises household and commercial glass collection with regional waste firms and that about 250,000 tonnes of glass packaging are collected each year (AGR). Where a scheme owns or pays for a dedicated glass network, the glass rate has to carry it; where glass travels with other materials or is collected under contracts the scheme does not fully fund, the rate can be lower. SPI has not found a published cost split that would show how much of each rate is collection.

**Remelt value.**  Collected glass is sold back to glassworks as cullet, so its market price feeds straight into the fee. AGR says new Austrian glass packaging averages about two thirds cullet, and that its system is financed both by licence fees and by sales of collected glass to the glass industry (AGR). When cullet prices fall, the fee has to cover more. That is the reason CONAI gives for its 2027 rise, in a release that cites low cullet values and shrinking demand from wine and drinks (CONAI, 2 July 2026).

**Deposit boundaries.**  In the four countries where SPI confirmed an operating single-use deposit, the law takes glass out. Austria's deposit covers single-use drinks containers of plastic and metal from 0.1 to 3 litres since 1 January 2025 (BMLUK FAQ). Ireland's in-scope materials are PET bottles and aluminium or steel cans of 150 ml to 3 litres, and Repak does not charge for that material at any stage (Repak QF 509). Portugal's deposit, operating since 10 April 2026, covers plastic, ferrous metal and aluminium and marks glass as not covered (APA SDR FAQ v2.6). In the Netherlands, the statutory deposit covers plastic bottles and cans, and glass beer bottles carry a deposit with no legal obligation behind it (Verpact Statiegeld tarieven).

SPI analysis

Deposits shape glass fees indirectly. When PET bottles and cans leave a scheme's tonnage, the fixed costs that remain are spread over fewer tonnes, and glass becomes a larger share of what drinks brands still declare. Repak's 158% glass rise came in the second full year after the Irish deposit began on 1 February 2024, but Repak's sheet does not link the two, so SPI does not either.

**Scope.**  Some of the gap is definitional. Repak's EUR 19.14 is one stage of four. SPV's urban figure applies only to urban-type waste, and the non-urban flow is priced at EUR 0.0065 per kg. ARA prints its glass rate as a household code, and its 2027 sheet carries no commercial glass row at all. A like-for-like comparison would need each scheme's total glass cost and tonnage, which none of the nine publishes in its tariff.

## The worked example: one 100-tonne bottle portfolio

SPI priced one portfolio through all nine tables: 100 tonnes of single-use soda-lime glass bottles, 500,000 bottles of 200 g each, sold to households, each bottle a single sales unit (Exhibit 7). The portfolio is an SPI assumption for comparison, not a market average. Closures, labels and cases are left out so the glass line can be read alone; readers can add their own mix in the [SPI EPR & Plastic Tax Calculator](https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/data/epr-plastic-tax-calculator/).

The arithmetic is short for the weight-only schemes: 100,000 kg times the per-kg rate, or 100 tonnes times the per-tonne rate. ARA: 100,000 x EUR 0.108 = EUR 10,800. Fost Plus: 100,000 x EUR 0.1052 = EUR 10,520. Verpact: 100,000 x EUR 0.100 = EUR 10,000. SPV: 100,000 x EUR 0.0868 = EUR 8,680. CONAI: 100 x EUR 40 = EUR 4,000. Valorlux: 100,000 x EUR 0.0203 = EUR 2,030. Repak: 100 x EUR 19.14 = EUR 1,914.

**Spain (Ecovidrio).**  100,000 kg x EUR 0.03515 = EUR 3,515, plus 500,000 containers x EUR 0.00498 = EUR 2,490, a total of EUR 6,005. The per-container part is 41.5% of the bill, and it is what lifts Spain above Italy.

**France (Citeo).**  100,000 kg x 2.01 euro cents = EUR 2,010. The per-unit contributions add 500,000 x 0.1433 euro cents = EUR 716.50 for litter and 500,000 x 0.0140 euro cents = EUR 70.00 for reuse financing, EUR 786.50 in all and EUR 2,796.50 with the weight part (Citeo guide 2026). SPI applies the beverage litter rate because the portfolio is drinks bottles; a food jar would use 0.0915 euro cents.

Translated to a single bottle, the 2026 fee runs from 0.38 euro cents in Ireland to 2.16 euro cents in Austria (Exhibit 8). For most drinks the glass fee is a small part of unit cost, but for a brand selling tens of millions of bottles across these markets the differences add up.

In practice: Novo Verde.

A Portuguese brand can take the same 100 tonnes to a different SIGRE entity. At Novo Verde's 2026 average base of EUR 0.07704 per kg the portfolio costs EUR 7,704, EUR 976 or 11.2% less than at SPV's EUR 8,680; at the eco-modulated averages the figures are EUR 6,933 and EUR 7,810 (Novo Verde, update of 1 July 2026; SPV Tabela VPV 2026). Novo Verde's own table moved its glass base by 1.1% on 1 August 2026, so the rate in force on the day of placing governs. The [Portugal piece](https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/insights/portugal-packaging-fees-deposit-return/) compares the SIGRE entities on a full drinks portfolio.

## Bottle weight changes the ranking in two markets

In seven schemes the fee per tonne is the same whatever the bottle weighs. In Spain and France it is not, because part of the charge is per container (Exhibit 9). SPI held the portfolio at 100 tonnes and changed the bottle weight.

SPI analysis

Lightweighting still cuts the fee per bottle in every scheme, because a lighter bottle carries less weight fee. But per tonne, Ecovidrio and Citeo charge more for light glass: in Spain, 100 tonnes of 150 g bottles cost 51.5% more than 100 tonnes of 500 g bottles. Brands comparing a light single-serve bottle with a heavier multi-serve one should price both per bottle and per litre sold, not per tonne.

## Scenarios: bonus, base, 2027 and penalty

SPI ran the same portfolio through four cases in each scheme, in euros (Exhibit 10). The low case applies the lowest published 2026 glass value the portfolio could earn, the base case is Exhibit 7, the 2027 case uses each scheme's published 2027 values and the penalty case applies the scheme's published glass malus or penalty line to the whole portfolio.

**SPI calculation:**  the 2027 Spanish bill is 100,000 x EUR 0.03761 + 500,000 x EUR 0.00533 = EUR 3,761 + EUR 2,665 = EUR 6,426, up EUR 421 or 7.0%. Valorlux: 100,000 x EUR 0.0298 = EUR 2,980, up EUR 950. CONAI: 100 x EUR 48 = EUR 4,800, up EUR 800.

The penalty column is about a small number of packs, not a whole portfolio, and SPI shows it on 100 tonnes only to compare scales. A Belgian composite glass pack pays 42 times a clear glass bottle. In Spain the 50% penalty adds EUR 3,002.50 to the portfolio, and in France the 100% malus doubles the unit's contribution. In the five design A schemes there is no glass penalty to apply.

In practice: Valorlux.

Luxembourg's glass line shows how a cheap rate can still move fast. Valorlux printed EUR 0.0201 per kg for 2024, EUR 0.0177 for 2025 and EUR 0.0203 for 2026, and its 2027 detailed-declaration table, approved at the October 2026 general assembly, sets EUR 0.0298 (Valorlux 2026 and 2027 tables). A brand that planned on the 2025 rate would see its Luxembourg glass bill rise 68.4% by 2027. The [Benelux piece](https://www.strategicpackaginginsights.com/insights/benelux-packaging-fees-fost-plus-valorlux/) sets these moves beside Fost Plus's frozen glass line.

## What each scheme penalises in glass

Exhibit 11 brings together the published glass-specific modulation rules. They target the same few features: glass that is not soda-lime, infusible elements such as porcelain, and closures that cannot be pulled out by magnets.

Ecovidrio says the money raised from its penalties goes to studies on improving the recyclability of the packaging concerned (Ecovidrio, Envases y Tarifas). Its October 2023 presentation set out that the eco-modulation should balance economically over 2024 to 2027 and that bonuses for higher recycled content were to be studied (Ecovidrio, October 2023). SPI has not yet confirmed whether any glass bonus applies in 2026.

SPI analysis

A brand with one premium line in opal glass or with a ceramic swing-top can face three different penalties in three neighbouring markets: 50% in Spain, 100% of the unit contribution in France, and a rate 42 times the clear-glass line in Belgium. The same pack redesign removes all three.

## Industry reaction

> "Per gli imballaggi in vetro, il CAC aumenterà da 40,00 a 48,00 €/t con decorrenza 1° gennaio 2027."

In English: "For glass packaging, the CAC will rise from EUR 40.00 to EUR 48.00 per tonne from 1 January 2027."

***CONAI** , national packaging consortium, [variazioni del Contributo Ambientale per gli imballaggi in legno e in vetro](https://www.conai.org/news-e-press/conai-variazioni-del-contributo-ambientale-per-gli-imballaggi-in-legno-e-in-vetro-nuovo-contributo-per-capsule-e-cialde-in-bioplastica-compostabile/), 2 July 2026*

CONAI says the revision is needed to keep the consortium system in economic balance, against low cullet market values and falling final demand from wine and drinks, which over time have widened the gap between the cost of managing collected glass and the revenue from selling it.

Fost Plus's explainer, [Packaging EPR rates, what, why and how](https://www.fostplus.be/en/media/2252/download), says the costs of installing, maintaining, renting and emptying its bottle banks are taken into account in full in the glass rate, together with glass quality controls and campaigns to keep bottle bank sites clean.

Fost Plus's rates page adds that revenue from selling the materials is taken into account, so the Belgian glass rate is a net figure after cullet sales (Fost Plus rates page, consulted 27 October 2026).

> "Informationen zur Lizenzgebühr und den Lizenzverträgen hält die ARA bereit."

In English: "ARA holds the information on the licence fee and the licence contracts."

***Austria Glas Recycling** , Austrian glass packaging system, [Über Austria Glas Recycling](https://www.agr.at/ueber-uns/austria-glas-recycling/)*

That sentence is why SPI uses ARA's published household glass rate for Austria. AGR is a subsidiary of ARA AG, Stoelzle Oberglas and Vetropack Austria, and the two are running a joint tender for collection from 2028 (ARA, 30 June 2026).

> "A partir de enero de 2025 se aplicará una penalización del 50 % sobre la tarifa base"

In English: "From January 2025 a 50% penalty will apply on the base tariff"

***Ecovidrio** , Spanish glass packaging scheme, [Servicios a Empresas, Envases y Tarifas](https://serviciosaempresas.ecovidrio.es/)*

In practice: CONAI and AGR.

The Italian and Austrian glass systems both say in their own words that the fee must make up for what cullet does not earn. CONAI's July 2026 release links its 2027 rise to low cullet values, and AGR says its system is funded from licence fees and from glass sold to the glass industry, with a collection rate above 80% for many years (CONAI, 2 July 2026; AGR). The two rates are far apart, EUR 40 rising to EUR 48 in Italy against EUR 108 in Austria, but the mechanism they describe is the same.

## Timeline

## What leaders should do now

1. **Finance teams, before 2027 budgets close:**  load the published 2027 glass values for CONAI (EUR 48 per tonne), Valorlux (EUR 0.0298 per kg) and Ecovidrio (EUR 0.03761 per kg plus EUR 0.00533 per container), and hold ARA, Fost Plus and Verpact at 2026 levels.
2. **Procurement, by 31 December 2026:**  obtain Citeo's, SPV's, Novo Verde's and Repak's 2027 glass lines from each scheme directly, and ask Italian bottle suppliers to show the CONAI fee per item on invoices.
3. **Packaging development, at the next design review:**  screen glass lines for opal, crystal, borosilicate or black glass, ceramic or swing-top closures and non-magnetic stainless steel closures, which trigger penalties in Spain, France and Belgium.
4. **Drinks brands in Spain and France, now:**  price lightweight bottles per bottle and per litre as well as per tonne, because the per-container part rises as weight falls (Exhibit 9).
5. **Portugal market leads, before 2027 contracts:**  compare SPV and Novo Verde glass values each year, using Novo Verde's averages where rates change mid-year, and collect the evidence needed for the 10% lower value.
6. **Irish commercial teams, by the first 2027 Repak return:**  confirm which chain stages your business occupies, since the glass fee splits EUR 1, EUR 1, EUR 19.14 and EUR 2 per tonne across them.
7. **Boards, at the next budget review:**  ask for glass EPR cost by market and by fee design (Exhibit 5), not as one share of the group total.

## Questions for your board

- What did we pay in household glass EPR fees in each market in 2026, and how much of it came from per-unit charges in Spain and France?
- Which of our glass lines would fall into a malus or penalty code in Spain, France or Belgium?
- Have we budgeted for the 2027 glass rises in Italy, Luxembourg and Spain?
- Are our Italian glass suppliers passing on the CONAI fee correctly, and on which items?
- Would lighter bottles lower our fee per bottle in every market, and our fee per tonne anywhere?
- In Portugal, are we with the SIGRE entity that prices our glass lowest?

## What to watch

- **31 Dec 2026:**  the last day the 2026 glass rates apply in Italy, Luxembourg and Spain before the published 2027 values take over.
- **1 Jan 2027:**  CONAI glass rises to EUR 48 per tonne, Valorlux PV01 to EUR 0.0298 per kg and Ecovidrio to EUR 0.03761 per kg plus EUR 0.00533 per container; ARA, Fost Plus and Verpact hold glass flat.
- **1 Jan 2028:**  new Austrian household glass collection contracts start under the ARA and AGR tender, running to 31 December 2032 (ARA, 30 June 2026).
- **Not yet dated:**  Valorlux's 2027 simplified-declaration tariffs, and 2027 glass values from Citeo, SPV, Novo Verde and Repak, which SPI has not yet confirmed.

## Methodology

- **Data used:**  SPI fee-market notes for the nine countries, brought up to date from each scheme's own 2026 table and, where published, its 2027 table, plus the scheme and authority pages listed in Sources, consulted 27 October 2026.
- **Counting rules:**  household glass weight rates as published, excluding VAT, before bonus, malus and per-unit charges unless stated; per-kg rates x1,000 for per-tonne figures. All nine schemes charge in euros, so ranking is in one currency. Ireland is ranked on the brand holder share.
- **Portfolio:**  an SPI assumption of 100 tonnes of single-use soda-lime glass bottles, 500,000 units of 200 g, household, one bottle per sales unit, without closures, labels or cases.
- **Framework:**  the four fee designs in Exhibit 5 rest on two yes or no tests, a per-unit charge and a published glass-specific modulation; they are SPI's grouping.
- **Cut-off:**  27 October 2026.
- **Limitations:**  fee bases differ (per container, per sales unit, chain shares, urban and non-urban flows, first transfer in Italy), so a per-tonne ranking is exact only for the weight part. Spain's penalty is applied to both parts as an SPI assumption. The figures are not an invoice or a liability; confirm obligations with each scheme and check with counsel where it applies.

## Sources

1. Citeo, Guide du tarif des emballages ménagers mis en marché en 2026 (updated 22 June 2026), [https://clients-cms.citeo.com/uploads/guide_du_tarif_des_emballages_menagers_2026_f9e4c5b4e6.pdf](https://clients-cms.citeo.com/uploads/guide_du_tarif_des_emballages_menagers_2026_f9e4c5b4e6.pdf), consulted 2026-10-27.
2. Citeo, Le tarif d'écoconception 2025, emballages ménagers (update of 19 December 2024), [https://bo.citeo.com/sites/default/files/2025-04/20241219_MAJ_Tarif_EM_2025-FR.pdf](https://bo.citeo.com/sites/default/files/2025-04/20241219_MAJ_Tarif_EM_2025-FR.pdf), consulted 2026-10-27.
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