UPV Classificatiechecker — Uitgebreide Producentenverantwoordelijkheid 🇳🇱

Check in seconds whether a product falls under one of the Dutch UPV (Uitgebreide Producentenverantwoordelijkheid / Extended Producer Responsibility) categories — textiles, packaging, batteries, mattresses, and 9 more — and whether that obligation is legally mandatory, voluntary, or a financial-only contribution.

When should an AI agent use this?

• "Does a kindermatras (children's mattress) fall under a Dutch UPV category, and is it mandatory or voluntary?"
• "Check whether our winterjassen (winter coats) product line triggers a UPV textile obligation."
• "We sell 60,000 kg of packaging per year — does that cross the UPV packaging threshold?"
• "Which of these 20 products in our catalog are subject to a wettelijke (legal), vrijwillige (voluntary), or financiële (financial-only) UPV obligation?"
• "Is 'vochtige doekjes' (wet wipes) a full UPV responsibility scheme or just a financial contribution?"
• "Given a direct category code like 'batterijen' or 'vistuig', what UPV obligation applies?"

Why this matters

UPV isn't one regulation — it's a growing family of product categories (textiles, packaging, single-use plastics, mattresses, fishing gear, flat glass — with shoes, diapers and furniture already announced for future inclusion). Even businesses that think they're outside UPV's scope can be caught by surprise through packaging or components. This Actor gives a fast first answer per product line, so you know when to dig deeper.

What this Actor does

• Maps a free-text product description (or a direct category code) to 1 of 13 UPV categories
• Distinguishes between wettelijk (legally mandatory), vrijwillig (voluntary sector covenant), and financieel (financial contribution only, e.g. under the Single-Use Plastics directive)
• Applies the 50,000 kg/year packaging threshold when a quantity is supplied
• Supports bulk classification of an entire product catalog in one run
• Flags match confidence (hoog/middel/laag) — free-text matching against product descriptions is inherently approximate, and this Actor shows that honestly instead of pretending certainty
• 100% static rule engine — no scraping, no external API calls at runtime

Input

Field	Type	Description
productomschrijving	string	Free-text product description, e.g. "kindermatras" or "partij winterjassen"
categorie	string	Direct category code instead of free text, e.g. "textiel", "verpakkingen", "batterijen" — takes priority if both are given
jaarlijkseHoeveelheidKg	integer	Only relevant for the verpakkingen category: annual packaging weight in kg, for the 50,000 kg threshold check
producten	array	Bulk mode: a list of objects with the same fields above (plus an optional label per item)
trackWijzigingen	boolean	Compares each product's UPV status against the previous run (via this Actor's key-value store) and flags an actual status change. Default false

Output

{
  "input": { "productomschrijving": "partij winterjassen en truien voor de webshop" },
  "matches": [
    {
      "code": "textiel",
      "codeTitel": "Textiel (consumentenkleding, bedrijfskleding, huishoudtextiel)",
      "productgroepNaam": "Textiel",
      "categorie": "wettelijk",
      "matchZekerheid": "hoog",
      "toelichting": "Van kracht sinds 1 juli 2023. ...",
      "volgendeStap": {
        "uitvoeringsorganisatie": "Stichting UPV Textiel",
        "registratieUrl": "https://www.stichtingupvtextiel.nl/aanmelden/",
        "aanmeldtermijn": null,
        "opmerking": "Jaarlijkse rapportageplicht vanaf augustus 2026 aangekondigd — verifieer de exacte datum bij Stichting UPV Textiel."
      }
    }
  ],
  "status": "wettelijk_verplicht",
  "toelichting": "Match met wettelijke UPV-categorie(ën): Textiel. ...",
  "disclaimer": "Dit is een indicatieve classificatie ... GEEN juridisch bindend advies.",
  "regelsetLaatstGeverifieerd": "2026-07-12",
  "wijzigingsAlert": null
}

• status: wettelijk_verplicht, vrijwillig_van_toepassing, financiele_bijdrage_verplicht, onder_drempel, buiten_scope, or onbekend
• regelsetLaatstGeverifieerd: the date the underlying UPV rule set was last checked against ilent.nl/afvalcirculair.nl. UPV is a growing family of categories (shoes, diapers, and furniture have been announced) — this field tells you how fresh the classification logic is, so you know when to double-check.
• matches: can contain more than one category if a product spans multiple UPV categories
• volgendeStap (per match): the executing organization and registration URL, live-verified on 2026-07-16 per category. uitvoeringsorganisatie/registratieUrl are null when no reliable current source was found (never a guess) — opmerking explains why, and flags categories where the organizational setup was itself unsettled/in transition at verification time (notably the three financial-only SUP categories).
• wijzigingsAlert: null unless trackWijzigingen is enabled and a real status change vs. the previous run was detected — see below
• If nothing matches your free-text description, the response suggests the exact category codes you can try directly instead

Change tracking (trackWijzigingen, optional, separately charged)

With trackWijzigingen: true, each product's UPV status is compared against the previous run (stored in this Actor's key-value store) and, when it actually changed, wijzigingsAlert is filled:

{ "wijzigingsAlert": { "vorigeStatus": "onder_drempel", "huidigeStatus": "wettelijk_verplicht" } }

Products are identified across runs via the optional label field (recommended for scheduled/bulk runs) — without a label, the actor falls back to a key derived from categorie+productomschrijving, so changing that text without a label is treated as a different product, not a status change of the same one. Charged as wijzigings-alert, only when a status change is actually detected (never on the first run for a product).

Bulk runs (more than 1 product) also get one summary record at the end (catalogus-samenvatting event, $0.015 flat per run):

{
  "type": "catalogusSamenvatting",
  "aantalProducten": 20,
  "perStatus": { "wettelijk_verplicht": 12, "vrijwillig_van_toepassing": 2, "financiele_bijdrage_verplicht": 1, "onder_drempel": 1, "buiten_scope": 4, "onbekend": 0 },
  "uniekeProductgroepen": ["Textiel", "Verpakkingen", "Batterijen"],
  "aantalMetLageMatchZekerheid": 3
}

The 13 UPV categories covered

Wettelijk (mandatory): autobanden, auto's, batterijen, elektrische/elektronische apparatuur, textiel, verpakkingen, vistuig Vrijwillig (voluntary): papier en karton, vlakglas, consumentenmatrassen Financieel (financial contribution only): vochtige doekjes, ballonnen, tabaksfilters

Use cases

• Webshop owners & importers: check your product catalog for UPV obligations before you start selling
• Compliance consultants: bulk-classify a client's full product range in one run
• Sourcing/procurement teams: flag which new product lines will trigger a new UPV registration
• AI agents: structured JSON output, ideal as an MCP tool for compliance-assistant workflows

Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) pricing model.

• Actor Start: $0.00005 (Apify default)
• classificatie-resultaat: $0.006 per classified product (increased from $0.003 — every match now includes actionable volgendeStap info: the executing organization and registration URL, not just a bare category label)
• catalogus-samenvatting: $0.015 flat, only charged once per run with 2+ producten
• wijzigings-alert: $0.01 extra, only with trackWijzigingen enabled and an actual status change detected vs. the previous run

Legal

• Based on official Dutch sources (ilent.nl, afvalcirculair.nl / Rijkswaterstaat), cross-referenced 2026-07-12.
• This is an indicative classification, not legal advice. Free-text matching against product descriptions is inherently approximate — see matchZekerheid per result. Always verify with ilent.nl or a compliance advisor before making registration decisions.
• No personal data is processed — only product-level classification data.

FAQ

Q: My product description didn't match anything — does that mean I'm not covered? A: Probably, but the rule set isn't exhaustive and free-text matching has limits. Try a direct categorie code (the response lists all 13 codes when nothing matches) or check ilent.nl yourself.

Q: Are shoes covered under Textiel? A: Some secondary sources mention shoes joining UPV Textiel from 2026, but this Actor's rule set does NOT assume that — it's not confirmed on the official ILT page at the time of writing. Verify separately if this applies to you.

Q: What's the difference between "wettelijk", "vrijwillig" and "financieel"? A: "Wettelijk" means a full legal producer-responsibility scheme applies (registration, reporting, financing waste management). "Vrijwillig" means there's a sector covenant but no legal obligation. "Financieel" means only a financial contribution is required (typically under the EU Single-Use Plastics directive), not a full responsibility scheme.

Related Actors

• ../nis2-sbi-sector-mapper — the sibling Dutch regulatory-classification checker, built on the same shared rule-engine, but for NIS2/Cyberbeveiligingswet instead of UPV/Uitgebreide Producentenverantwoordelijkheid. Run both Actors against the same company/product data for a combined view of your Dutch regulatory exposure (UPV producer responsibility + NIS2 cybersecurity duties) — there is no integrated call between them, this is a manual two-Actor workflow.

Keywords

upv, uitgebreide producentenverantwoordelijkheid, extended producer responsibility, textiel, verpakkingen, compliance, circulaire economie, netherlands, mkb

Changelog

0.4.0 - Next-step info & change tracking

• Every match now includes volgendeStap: the executing organization and registration URL per UPV category, live-verified 2026-07-16 (null fields where no reliable current source was found — never a guess, with an opmerking explaining the gap). classificatie-resultaat increased from $0.003 to $0.006 to reflect this added actionable value.
• Added trackWijzigingen (opt-in) — compares each product's status against the previous run via a named key-value store, exposed as wijzigingsAlert. New wijzigings-alert event ($0.01), only charged on an actually detected status change. Products are identified via label, or a fallback key derived from categorie+productomschrijving.

0.3.2

• Store description no longer promises GN/HS-code input support — there is no official GN/HS-code table for UPV categories, only free-text productomschrijving and direct categorie codes are supported. Text correction only, no pricing change.
• Related Actors section now explicitly points out the NIS2 SBI Sector Mapper cross-reference is a manual two-Actor workflow (no integrated call). No pricing change.

0.3.1 - Bugfix

• classificatie-resultaat is no longer charged when the result status is onbekend (empty/meaningless request) — the customer received nothing to classify, so they aren't billed for it.

0.3.0

• Added a catalogus-samenvatting record at the end of bulk runs (2+ producten): counts per status, unique matched productgroepen and how many results include at least one low-matchZekerheid match worth a manual review. New charged event ($0.015 flat per run), confirmed by the user (2026-07-14).

0.2.0

• Added regelsetLaatstGeverifieerd to every result — the date the UPV rule set itself was last checked against ilent.nl/afvalcirculair.nl, for transparency as the category list grows. No pricing change.

0.1.0 - Initial release

• Free-text and direct-code classification against 13 UPV categories (wettelijk/vrijwillig/financieel).
• 50,000 kg/year packaging threshold check.
• Bulk classification via the producten input field.
• Match-confidence flagging (hoog/middel/laag) for transparency.
• Built on the shared shared-rule-engine package (also used by the NIS2 SBI Sector Mapper).