You will be contacted to provide additional information if:

• You have a primary address, tax identification number (TIN), or permanent establishment in an EU member state, and
  You have completed 30 or more transactions on Discogs and/or earned €2,000 in a calendar year.

Affected sellers will also be re-verified at least every 36 months.

You will be required to submit the information below. Please note that the data will not be stored or collected in your Discogs account. Instead, you will receive an email asking you to provide the respective information to our trusted partner, Persona.

• Full name or business name, as applicable
• PayPal email address or account identification
• Primary address
• Member state of residence
• Tax identification number (e.g., BSN, RSIN)
• Place of birth, if applicable
• VAT number, if applicable
• Date of birth, as applicable
• Business registration number, as applicable

Discogs will report the following information on your behalf. Please note that the data will not be stored, collected, or displayed in your Discogs account.

• Total amount of consideration, by quarter, during the reporting year
• Total amount of selling fees, by quarter, during the reporting year
• Total amount of VAT charged by Discogs on selling fees, by quarter, during the reporting year
• Total number of orders, by quarter, during the reporting year

Discogs is registered in the Netherlands for DAC7 reporting obligations. Your information will be reported to the Dutch tax authorities, who will subsequently share that information with relevant EU tax authorities in compliance with DAC7. The protection of your personal information is important to Discogs and guided by our Privacy Policy. Part of this identification process is handled by our trusted partner, Persona, which is also governed by strict security and privacy regulations.

Lawmakers took potential GDPR conflicts into account when they adopted DAC7. The European Commission’s impact assessment clarifies that while DAC7 increases the amount of personal data processed, it still aligns with data protection laws. Plus, DAC7 explicitly allows platforms to use third-party service providers to meet these requirements, and Persona is a well-known option for this.

Learn more about Persona.

Discogs must collect and verify all necessary information within 60 days of your first email. Once you have been notified, we will also send reminders of your deadline.

If you do not provide the necessary information within 60 days of first being notified by Discogs, your ability to sell will be suspended until these details are submitted and verified.

If you are identified as an individual seller, you may leave the TIN field blank; however, you will need to provide your date of birth and birthplace in response to the DAC7 data request.

A single transaction is a fulfilled order, which can include one or more items. Refunded and canceled orders are not considered transactions.

Discogs is required by DAC7 to report your verified information to the relevant tax authorities. This will not necessarily affect your own tax reporting or obligations. We recommend you work with a tax or legal professional if you have any questions regarding your specific situation.

A common challenge with DAC7 verification is using the correct name. It’s important to include your first and last name as indicated on your official document (identification card, passport, or driver’s license). 

Please also ensure that you provide a valid TIN, if you have one. We will not be able to process the DAC7 verification if the TIN structure is invalid. If you are still experiencing difficulty, please contact Discogs Support, and we will be glad to assist you.

New and pre-owned items that were first supplied to the EU or NI markets prior to December 13, 2024, and comply with the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC), do not fall under the new GPSR requirements. In other words, if an item is already on the market in the EU or NI as of 11:59 pm GMT on December 12, 2024, then sellers are not required to update their existing listings with the new GPSR-mandated information. Provided these items were already legally placed on the market before the enforcement of the new GPSR rules, they remain compliant with earlier safety standards.

Items that are introduced for sale in the EU or NI for the first time beginning December 13, 2024 are covered by the GPSR.

• All new releases (i.e., releases newly distributed to the public) that a seller adds to their Discogs inventory for the first time on or after December 13, 2024 will need to comply with GPSR.
• Pre-owned items that were not previously available for sale in the EU or NI. Note that the seller is not required to comply with the GPSR if the seller certifies that the particular copy they are selling has been made available to customers in the EU or NI prior to December 13, 2024. Under the GPSR, sellers bear the responsibility for proving prior EU/NI market availability if questioned by regulatory authorities.

Where GPSR applies to an item, beginning December 13, 2024, the listing page must provide the following information:

• The product Manufacturer’s contact information (including name, physical address, and website or email address). A “Manufacturer” is any person who manufactures a product or has a product designed or manufactured and markets that product under their name or trademark. For purposes of the Discogs platform, the Manufacturer is generally the “Label.”
• If the Manufacturer is not located in the EU or NI, then an EU-based “Responsible Person” or entity, along with their name and contact details must be displayed.
• Any relevant product information allowing the identification of the product, like model number, pictures, type, CE marking and any other product identifier. Sellers must ensure that the release page provides adequate images of the release and other identifying information, such as barcodes, where applicable. If there are no images, then sellers must add images of the item (front and back cover).
• Product safety and compliance information, such as relevant warnings or safety instructions, which must be affixed to the product or included with it. A general safety disclaimer will be displayed by Discogs on marketplace item pages and sellers have the ability to add any additional disclaimers in the Comments section for that item. Where additional disclaimers are added, sellers will be required to provide the relevant safety warnings or information in the local language of the EU country where the item is being sold.
• Self-certification committing to offer only products that comply with applicable laws and regulations. This certification is covered in the Seller Policy and listed at the bottom of each marketplace page, so sellers do not need to take any additional actions for this requirement.

Currently, all physical music media are covered by the GPSR. There is an exception for “antiques” (items 100 years old or older), but collectibles, even if valuable or rare, must comply if sold to EU or NI customers. See Article 2 of the GPSR to view the full list of excluded categories.

GPSR does not apply to items released to the public prior to December 13, 2024, where the seller can prove that the individual item they are selling has been placed on the EU or /NI markets prior to that date. Per GPSR, the seller is responsible for maintaining documentation related to prior market availability. This may include receipts, invoices, shipment records, or other documentation proving that the item was available in the EU/NI market before December 13, 2024.

The Manufacturer is any person or entity that produces a product or has it designed or manufactured and markets it under their name or trademark. For Discogs, the Manufacturer is typically the entity listed as the “label” as the Label is ultimately responsible for producing/distributing the physical music media, such as records, CDs, or tapes.

The Responsible Person can be one of the following and must be located in the EU or NI:

• The Manufacturer;
• An importer;
• An authorized representative of the Manufacturer; or
• A fulfillment service provider if the Manufacturer, importer, and authorized representative aren’t based in the EU or NI.

The EU- or NI-based Responsible Person is in charge of specific tasks related to compliance and product safety, including:

• Checking that the EU declaration of conformity, CE marking, and other technical documentations are in order, and providing them to the market surveillance authorities to demonstrate the conformity of the product;
• Informing the market surveillance authorities about dangerous products and accidents through the EU Safety Business Gateway;
• Cooperating with the market surveillance authorities and ensuring the necessary actions are taken to rectify any non-compliance issues; and
• Providing documented evidence of the checks that were performed, if requested by the authorities.

Discogs is working with music industry groups and labels to gather this information for our community and add it to our discography database. However, it is unlikely that Discogs will be successful for all Manufacturers (Labels) listed in the discography database, so sellers should talk to the distributors and importers that they work with to let them know Manufacturer information and, as applicable, Responsible Person information, is required in order to list the items for sale in the EU or NI.

While Discogs will help add as much GPSR-required information as possible, ultimately, the business seller is responsible for providing this info in order to facilitate the listing, according to the GPSR.

If the Manufacturer and Responsible Person information, as applicable, is not available on Discogs, then may be found on the product, on its packaging, or in any accompanying documents. Sellers can also reach out to the Manufacturer or the distributor they work with if they are unable to find this information. Manufacturers or brand owners based outside the EU or NI that have a subsidiary in the EU or NI, or already have an EU or NI importer, may be able to appoint them as the Responsible Person for their products. We recommend that Manufacturers and brand owners speak with legal counsel about their options before providing the information to Discogs.

Discogs will pull Manufacturer and Responsible Person information from the applicable Label profile in the discography database and populate that information in all listings for releases under that Label. Where the Label profile does not have the required information or where the seller wishes to provide different information than supplied by Discogs, the seller can populate the Manufacturer and, where applicable, Responsible Person information on the Label profile.

If the original Manufacturer (Label) was located in the EU or NI, it can be assumed in some cases that the release was “placed in the market” in the EU or NI when it was originally released. See “How do I certify that an item has been marketed to the EU or NI prior to December 13, 2024?” for more information. We recommend sellers speak with legal counsel if they have additional questions.

For any release that had not been placed in the market in the EU or NI prior to December 13, 2024, or was originally distributed outside of the EU and NI, where the Manufacturer no longer exists and sellers are unable to identify a Responsible Person, then the item cannot be sold in the EU or NI pursuant to GPSR. We recommend contacting the current rights holder (e.g., an existing label that has taken ownership of the artist’s catalog) to determine the appropriate Responsible Person if a seller would like to list these releases. If the seller is not able to identify a Responsible Person, then they can still list the item for sale outside of the EU and NI. In addition, see “How do I certify that an item has been marketed to the EU or NI prior to December 13, 2024?” regarding the exemption option if the seller wishes to certify that the item had previously been sold in the EU or NI and the Manufacturer contact information is not required.

For releases that had not been placed in the market in the EU or NI prior to December 13, 2024, if the seller is unable to identify a Manufacturer or Responsible Person per the release itself and are unable to find it through other means, then the item cannot be sold in the EU or NI through their business, although non-business sellers may still sell it in those territories. The item can still be listed for sale by business sellers outside of the EU and NI. This may occur in instances such as where the release is older or came into the seller’s possession without a cover or booklets, or is otherwise missing identifying information.

Not on Label, Copyright Control, and Self-Released releases must include Manufacturer and Responsible Person information, as applicable, in order to be sold by business sellers into the EU or NI. These pose additional issues since the production information tends to be more limited. We recommend looking for the pressing plant or other identifying information on the releases themselves and supplying that contact information in the item’s Comments section.

Sellers using the Quantity feature to automatically list another copy of an item after a previous copy is sold must comply with GPSR for each new item listed beginning December 13, 2024. Sellers should check those new listings to ensure the Manufacturer and Responsible Person information, where applicable, is listed or provide that information or the exemption certification in the Comments for the item. Keep in mind that if the Manufacturer and Responsible Person is listed in the Discogs discography database, then it will automatically populate when the new item is listed, although you always have the option to provide your own version of the information in the Comments section for the item.

Sellers are required to disclose product safety and compliance information like safety warnings, labels, and product manuals in the local language if a specific safety concern is associated with the product. This information may be attached directly to the product, its packaging, or included in accompanying documentation. It may appear in various formats, such as an image, a manual, or any other document that conveys the required details.

Considering the product safety concerns related to physical music media, Discogs will populate a statement on item pages regarding safety. Where a product identifies specific warnings or safety concerns apply, sellers will be required to provide the relevant safety warnings or information in the Comments for that item.