For chambers, associations, and multipliers
A free resource for the most common question your member businesses ask
Many chamber-of-commerce and association fact sheets on the EWKFondsG explain the nine product categories in Annex 1 — the concrete question member businesses ask afterward is almost always: "So does my product fall under this or not?" That's exactly what we built the EWKPilot knowledge base for.
What you can link to
- 34 concrete everyday products with classification and reasoning (coffee-to-go cups, carrier bags, wet wipes, and more)
- Explainer pages on current legal changes, e.g. the new 500-gram threshold (UBA, Nov 3, 2025)
- Clarification of who actually counts as a producer — including marketplace and fulfillment edge cases
- Sources cited for every entry, viewable without registration or login
What EWKPilot is
EWKPilot is SaaS software for producers and importers to manage their EWKFondsG obligations — product catalog, quantity reporting, levy calculation, and an audit file for auditors or tax advisors. The knowledge base is freely accessible, regardless of whether anyone uses EWKPilot. A free plan fully covers businesses up to the statutory de-minimis threshold of 100 kg/year.
Contact
Questions about linking, interest in a guest contribution for your fact sheet, or a note about a factual error: support@ewkpilot.de
EWKPilot does not replace legal or tax advice. The knowledge base summarizes publicly available sources and is updated as legal changes become known.