Groups and subsidiaries: how to create your file for extended producer responsibility
Guidance and a template for a parent company to add multiple subsidiaries to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging online account
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If your company needs to add multiple subsidiaries to an EPR for packaging account, you can use this CSV template.
You must have an EPR for packaging online account to use this template. Find out more about EPR for packaging.
You can also create your own CSV files, but do not change the structure shown in the template.
Make sure that:
- the headers are identical to those in the template
- your spreadsheet software saves it as a CSV - you will not be able to upload other kinds of spreadsheet file, for example Excel’s .xls or .xlsx formats
Find out more about CSV files. The guidance about CSV files is aimed at government employees, but the sections from ‘Setting up your CSV file’ onwards contain useful general information.
How to complete the file
Put each subsidiary you wish to add on a new row.
Complete all 6 columns for each subsidiary.
organisation_id
The identification number assigned to the parent organisation when they created an account. This is 6 figures long. Do not include any spaces.
subsidiary_id
The identification number that the parent company assigned to its subsidiary in previous data submissions.
Use the same unique ID for a subsidiary across all packaging and organisation data submissions. If the group has not reported the subsidiary before, leave blank.
organisation_name
The name of the subsidiary, exactly as it appears in its Companies House record.
companies_house_number
The Companies House number of the subsidiary.
Give the full 8 digits. If there are leading zeroes, include them. Add ‘ at the start if you are using Excel or similar spreadsheet software, for example ‘00123456. This forces it to include the zeroes.
parent_child
Either ‘Parent’ or ‘Child’. Make sure it has an initial capital letter.
franchisee_licensee_tenant
Enter ‘Y’ if the child entity is a franchisee, licensee or tenant.
There is more information on franchisees, licensees and tenants in the ‘agreed positions and technical interpretations’ guidance, produced by the environmental regulators. This can be found on the National Packaging Waste Database.