Check products and packaging
Your declaration is only as good as your packaging data. So you check per product which packaging belongs to it, and confirm that it is right.
Three layers of packaging
Section titled “Three layers of packaging”Every product has packaging in layers:
| Layer | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Sales packaging (Productverpakking) | What the customer gets with the product. | Box around a garden hose, label, film. |
| Grouped packaging (Omverpakking) | Packaging around several products together. | Box of 6 sprinklers for a shop. |
| Transport packaging (Transportverpakking) | Packaging for transport and storage. | Pallet, stretch film. |
Shipping boxes for web shop parcels are separate, under Products › Shipping packaging (see shipping packaging).
Each line in a layer names a packaging item (for example “Box S”), the number per product and the materials with their weight. EuroPlaybook adds up the weights per material. All parts are listed under Products › Packaging, so you can reuse them for other products.
Groups and variants
Section titled “Groups and variants”A product with variants (say a garden hose of 25 m and of 50 m) can be in a group. The group’s packaging applies to all variants, so you fill it in once.
- On the product page each layer shows “inherits from group …” when the packaging comes from the group.
- One variant is different? Choose own packaging for this product for that layer. Its own lines then replace the group’s, for that layer only.
Warnings: “This is right”
Section titled “Warnings: “This is right””EuroPlaybook automatically looks for values that seem odd, such as a box that is much heavier than for similar products. You then see “points to check in the packaging” at the top.
- Wrong? Fix the line.
- Right after all? Click This is right. The warning goes away and your choice is kept.
Where does a value come from?
Section titled “Where does a value come from?”Each line has a small source label, for example “entered by hand”, “from Shopify” or “via the API”. Packaging that comes in through the API or an AI assistant is a proposal first. It only counts once someone in your team confirms the packaging.
A photo as evidence
Section titled “A photo as evidence”You can add a photo or document as evidence, for example a photo of the box on a scale or a supplier’s specification. Later you can show what your figures are based on.
- Allowed: JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and PDF, up to 15 MB.
- You add evidence to the product, a packaging item or a line.
Confirm
Section titled “Confirm”All correct? Under Step 1 · Check packaging click Is this right? Packaging checked. The product is then “Checked” and counts in your declarations without a warning.
Change the packaging later? EuroPlaybook notices. The product goes back to “To check”, so you confirm the change.