Grønt Punkt Norge reporting from Odoo: the new rules from 1 January 2027

If you sell packaged goods in Norway and you are a member of Grønt Punkt Norge (GPN), you report your actual packaging consumption yourself, in kilograms, on GPN's Min side. Odoo knows what you delivered. It does not know what the packaging weighed, which GPN category it belongs to or which period it falls in. This guide explains the reporting rules that change on 1 January 2027 and a practical way to produce the figures from Odoo. It is a technical guide, not legal advice: check your own membership agreement with GPN.

All GPN statements below were read on the GPN website on 10 November 2026.

What changes on 1 January 2027

GPN announced three changes on 14 October 2026 (Nye rapporteringsregler fra 1. januar 2027):

1. Paper packaging. Norsk Returkartong was approved as a producer responsibility company for paper packaging in July 2026. From 1 January 2027 all paper packaging is reported to GPN (GPN, 3 September 2026).
2. Drinking cups. The revised waste regulation extends producer responsibility to all single-use drinking cups that contain plastic, whether or not they count as packaging. All plastic drinking cups with lids must be included in reporting. GPN has written to the businesses it believes are affected; if you think you are covered and heard nothing, contact GPN.
3. Hazard-marked packaging. The reporting rules for plastic and metal packaging for chemicals change and cover all packaging marked with hazard symbols. The upper size limit for metal packaging is removed, so all metal packaging is reported regardless of size. GPN has sent affected businesses their product lines and fee rates.

GPN's advice is to check that your reporting routines are up to date and to ask GPN if you are unsure which change applies to you.

Reporting periods and deadlines

GPN's page Hvordan rapportere states:

• The member reports its actual consumption of packaging, after each reporting period, on Min side.
• The period is two months or one calendar year, depending on the member's size and packaging use. Members above any one of the listed tonnage thresholds (for example 100 tonnes of metal packaging or 200 tonnes of plastic packaging) report every second month; smaller members report once a year.
• The deadline is the 22nd of the month after the period ends. January and February, the first term, are due on 22 March. Annual reporters report the calendar year by 22 January. (An older version of the member rules named 14 January for annual reports; the web page is the newer source.)
• GPN can ask your auditor to confirm the figures, and checks a sample of members every year. The reporting method is yours to choose, but it must give the right result and be approvable by your auditor.

The six two-month terms of 2027 therefore end at the end of February, April, June, August, October and December, with deadlines on 22 March, 22 May, 22 July, 22 September, 22 November and 22 January 2028.

The categories you report under

GPN's pages for the packaging producer and the filler (the roles Emballasjeprodusent and Vareprodusent) list what each role reports, and the fee list shows the fee categories: plastic packaging (business and household), carton and paper (including service packaging), corrugated and solid board (business and household), wood, glass, and metal (steel and aluminium cans, aluminium trays, metal containers for chemicals, other aluminium packaging, steel closures and lids).

Two details matter when you work from Odoo:

• GPN prices metal and glass per piece, other materials per kilogram. A kilogram-based reconciliation therefore needs a conversion for those rows.
• The producer role page says corrugated and solid board is, for now, exempt from the reporting duty, and that deposit-scheme beverage packaging is not reported here.

The portal's exact category list is behind the member login, so confirm the categories against your own Min side form.

Building the figures from Odoo

The reliable method is the same as for any shipment-based packaging report:

1. Measure once per product version. For each product, record the weight in grams of each packaging component per base unit (a retail carton, a plastic sleeve) with its GPN category and the evidence: a weighed sample or a supplier specification. Date the assessment. Create a new dated version when the packaging changes.
2. Count what actually shipped. Use completed deliveries to Norwegian customers, in the product's base unit, not sales orders and not invoices. A shipment carton or a pallet belongs to the transfer, once, not to each product line.
3. Handle returns explicitly. A refund is not a packaging return. Deduct only packaging that actually came back, with the units and a reason.
4. Group by period and category. Sum kilograms per GPN category for the reporting period. Because categories change on 1 January 2027, take the category from the date of the original delivery.
5. Reconcile and lock. Compare with your own records and with what GPN calculates for you if you use their import data service. Keep the evidence behind every figure.

Doing this in Odoo

The Norwegian Packaging Report for Odoo 18, 19 and 20 follows exactly this method. It adds dated packaging assessments, a packaging evidence tab on every delivery, and a reconciliation with a source-linked line for each kilogram. GPN's category names, the 2026 and 2027 reporting periods with their deadlines and the 2027 rule changes are supplied as editable records. A reviewed report is locked, and a reviewer can replace it with a correction instead of editing history. There is no file upload to Min side in this version; you enter the reviewed totals yourself.

What the guide cannot cover

• Packaging of imported goods for your own use, and anything GPN calculates from customs data, is outside a delivery-based report.
• The Min side form is behind a login, so the category list in any tool, including the one above, comes from GPN's public pages and must be checked against your own form.
• If you are unsure whether you are a member, a producer or a filler for a packaging type, ask GPN. Contact details are on grontpunkt.no.