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Oh that doesn't sound good. Any more details to share? Is this going to impact someone that sends an occasional cd/vinyl after a Bandcamp sale?

It's not good at all. It affects everyone sending items to the EU, with some very costly solutions and fines. Do a search for the new PPWR laws and try not to get too depressed, or read the myths that exist around it already, as it affects everyone!

Can we just pretend to be someone sending a private package to a friend? Include a birthday card in ever packet 😁🤷 🤦

From the little I’ve read on it, it does sound really prohibitive. Does that also mean people selling on Discogs or Vinted are affected? I don’t understand what UK labels are to do as a solution.

Yes, it affects everyone sending items to the EU, so Discogs and Vinted, Etsy and more!

Wow?! That is just ridiculous, totally mad. So many people will be affected. Thanks for clarifying Robin.

We are truly sunk.

that's my thought but trying to find a positive way forward. I've seen lots of labels announcing ceasing trading in the last weeks sadly

even with a distributor in europe I can't see a way, 44 representatives at £200 each per year!

@martinstuertzer.bsky.social stops selling physical media completely due to this

Don't know if you've seen it but there seems to be an update from the EU saying the goal is not to restrict trade, and as such EU states shouldn't punish non-compliance without first engaging with sellers and giving them time to adjust.

So, at heart, a warning to say you won't be fined for now but you need to do this and that at huge expense I imagine to stop this in future

This time I think we're not going to bother with any kind of compliance until they make a rule that it's actually possible to comply with! Maybe it'll turn out to be completely impossible to police or just completely ignored by everyone like a lot of these stupid new rules.

I know what you mean but a lot of people thought this about IOSS and then hundreds of packages of vinyl and CD were returned to them! I know of labels who thought this might be avoidable too

My experience so far has been that some EU countries have a lot more jobsworths in the postal system than others

Looking forward to shipping to Germany. 🤔 Remember that first German recycling scam? You paid for a licence for a self reported amount of packaging and they gave you a number... which did nothing. There was no way or requirement to attach it to a package and no way to police it. Utterly pointless.