Amazon Pan-EU FBA Needs a Netherlands Offer from September 2026

In brief: From 3 September 2026, Amazon's Pan-EU FBA programme needs a live Netherlands (amazon.nl) offer for every product, including ones already enrolled. Belgium joins the required list from 26 February 2027. Miss it without an exemption and the product loses Pan-EU local fees. That can add €2.51 per unit on a small French order.

The 2026 Pan-EU FBA Netherlands rule at a glance

Pan-European FBA (Pan-EU) lets Amazon spread your stock across EU fulfilment centres. You then pay the local fulfilment fee of the store where each item sells. The Netherlands becomes the fifth required store.

Date	Stores you must list in	Applies to
Before 3 September 2026	Germany, France, Italy, Spain	All Pan-EU products
From 3 September 2026	The four above plus the Netherlands	New and existing Pan-EU products
From 26 February 2027	The five above plus Belgium	Pan-EU enrolment; Amazon promises at least 30 days' warning

You do not have to hold stock in the Netherlands or Belgium. Dutch orders get the Dutch local fee when your stock placement in Germany is switched on. Belgian orders get the local fee when placement is on in Germany or France.

Exemptions and what you lose without one

Amazon's Pan-EU enrolment help page lists four exemptions. They cover products restricted in that store, items needing local-language labels or packaging, a temporarily deactivated store account, and products with no detail page there yet. Dutch and Belgian exemptions currently have no end date.

Without an offer or an exemption, the product loses the Pan-EU benefit. Orders shipped from German stock to other stores then pay European Fulfilment Network (EFN) rates, Amazon's cross-border fee.

Standard parcel up to 400 g, non-peak 2026	Fee per unit
Local fee, Germany (Central Europe Programme)	€3.16
Local fee, France	€5.22
Local fee, Netherlands	€4.04
EFN fee, orders in France, Italy, Spain or Germany	€7.73
EFN fee, orders in the Netherlands or Belgium	€7.90

These are the non-peak rates (15 January to 14 October 2026) from Amazon's FBA rate card, before the 1.5% fuel and logistics surcharge. Peak rates apply from 15 October. Check your own products in the Revenue Calculator.

A worked example

You sell a 350 g standard-parcel product with stock in Germany. It sells 300 units a month on amazon.fr. It has no amazon.nl offer and no exemption. If its French orders are then fulfilled from German stock, they pay EFN rates.

• Pan-EU local fee: 300 × €5.22 = €1,566.00
• EFN fee: 300 × €7.73 = €2,319.00
• Extra cost: €2,319.00 − €1,566.00 = €753.00 a month
• With the 1.5% surcharge: €753.00 × 1.015 = €764.30 a month

What it means for your bookkeeping

• Map amazon.nl before the first sale. Dutch orders arrive as a new euro marketplace, so set up its accounts first. The Amazon FBA bookkeeping guide covers account structure.
• Watch fee per unit by store, not the fee total. Local and EFN charges usually both appear as FBA fulfilment fees. A product that lost Pan-EU then shows up only as a higher fee per unit. Compare September with August, store by store.
• Expect mixed rates in one settlement. A settlement spanning 3 September 2026 can hold both local and EFN fees for one product. The settlement reconciliation guide shows how to check it line by line.
• Check the VAT. Dutch sales can change your EU VAT reporting, and Amazon may collect VAT on some orders (see Marketplace Facilitator VAT orders). For EU fulfilment fees, take the VAT from Amazon's invoice, not UK 20% (reclaiming VAT on Amazon seller fees). Agree the approach with your accountant.
• Keep the exemption report as evidence. Download the exempted-products file from the Pan-European FBA inventory page monthly. It records each exemption's reason and grace period.

Do you need to do anything?

Yes, if you use Pan-EU. Use the Pan-European FBA inventory report to find products missing an amazon.nl offer, then switch it on in Manage All Inventory. Plan Belgium before 26 February 2027.

How TrueBooks helps

TrueBooks imports every Amazon settlement to Xero, keeps each marketplace in its own currency and posts FBA fees to their own account. Its analytics show fee ratios by marketplace, so a jump in cross-border fees stands out. See the Amazon Xero integration.