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French EPR for e-commerce
Sell into France,
Sell into France,
with every scheme
documented end to end.
Use public guidance to separate the representative duty, household packaging, the other schemes and the marking rules. If you ask for help, the EPR Europe team reviews the facts before any proposal.
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Built for businesses that are not established in France and place packaged products on the French market.
amazon
shopify
ebay
Etsy
PrestaShop
10 Jul 2026
Since that date, a person not established in France that is subject to extended producer responsibility designates a representative established in France by written mandate.
1 per scheme
ADEME issues one unique identifier for each scheme concerned and publishes it on the public register.
69%
Share of registrations in the public register held by companies outside France, as checked on 18 August 2026 (211,302 of 306,657).
1 Jan – 28 Feb
The annual household-packaging declaration window for the previous calendar year.
Sources reviewed 18 August 2026: Code de l’environnement articles L. 541-10-9-1, L. 541-10-9, R. 541-173 and L. 541-9-5 · ADEME register documentation and open data · published 2026 eco-organisation scales · applicable EU regulations. Live sources are rechecked before an operational commitment.
Connected services
A number is not the whole process.
Each service separates public guidance, working assumptions and decisions controlled by an eco-organisation, the public register or another third party.
Service — representative established in France
Representative established in France
A written mandate, a defined scope stream by stream and a documented French representative file for a company that is not established in France.
View service →Service — household packaging
Household packaging EPR in France
Map the responsible entity, join an approved eco-organisation, obtain the unique identifier and keep French packaging evidence in one file.
View service →Service — registration
Membership and unique identifiers
Join an approved eco-organisation per stream, obtain each unique identifier through ADEME and keep the evidence in one place.
View service →Service — recurring cycle
Annual declarations and evidence
Prepare the January to February declaration window, keep the data defensible and separate the invoices from the private service fee.
View service →Service — marking and display
Sorting information and identifier display
Review French sorting signage on the pack and the unique identifier in your sales terms and on your website, with the transition to the EU marking noted.
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French route check
Establishment, channel and customer change the answer.
The scope check separates marketplace, own-shop, business end-user and French reseller routes before drawing a conclusion.
Run the scope checkThird-party marketplace
The appointment duty can be treated as satisfied for products whose obligations a marketplace established in France ensures. That is a written-evidence question, product by product.
Evidence checkEU seller · direct
The French article turns on establishment in France, not nationality, so an EU company without a French establishment is covered on the same wording.
Representative reviewNon-EU seller · direct
The same wording applies, with no separate third-country carve-out in the French text.
Representative reviewFrench reseller or importer
Where a French business buys the goods and places them on the market itself, the producer duty normally follows that buyer, subject to the contracts and the flow of goods.
Contract checkMixed channels
Each sales route is mapped separately before a mandate, registration or filing decision.
Manual review
How it works
Four steps, without creating an account or compliance file.
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01
Explore
Read the guides, services, FAQs and primary sources without registering.
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02
Describe
Answer a short set of questions about the entity, products, channels and EPR streams.
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03
Review
See an indicative route and the facts that still need human confirmation.
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Request help
The EPR Europe team replies by email; any proposal or service is agreed separately.
Costs separated by nature
Private fees on one side. Eco-contributions and third-party costs on the other.
Indicative references: Standard €474/year plus €150 setup, and eligible Amazon Starter from €399 in year one. These are not an offer and exclude eco-contributions, taxes and other third-party costs.
What is never left implicit
- Eco-contributions are set and invoiced by the eco-organisation on its published scale.
- The mandate perimeter is written scheme by scheme, and past periods stay outside it.
- The Info-tri and identifier display review is quoted manually.
- No eco-organisation, register or marketplace outcome or timing is guaranteed.
Solutions by profile
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The same market, different questions.
For marketplace sellers
Marketplace sellers
Selling into France through Amazon or another marketplace? Map the entity, the streams and the identifier each field expects before relying on a platform service.
I sell on marketplaces →
For direct-to-consumer brands
DTC and Shopify brands
Selling through your own store? Join entity, channel, fulfilment packaging, marking and the representative question in one map.
I run my own store →
For electronics and battery sellers
Electronics and battery sellers
A device, its battery and its packaging can create three French files. Keep classifications, identifiers and fees separate.
I sell electronics →
For professionals supporting sellers
Agencies, advisers and 3PLs
Supporting sellers into France? Share an independent public resource and let each client decide whether to request help.
I support sellers →
Institutional context
Official evidence comes from the body that issues it.
Membership, registers, declarations and marketplace decisions are separate. Always match the document to the entity, product stream and sales route.
National register
ADEME
Operates the national producer register, issues one unique identifier per scheme and publishes registered producers.
Scheme operators
Approved eco-organisations
Citeo, Adelphe, Léko, Refashion and the other approved organisations set their own published scales, membership terms and declaration portals.
National law
Code de l’environnement
Sets the producer duties, the representative duty for companies not established in France, the identifier display rules and the penalties.
EU framework
European Union
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 applies alongside the national procedure. Implementing measures continue to develop.
eprfrance.com is an independent private service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by ADEME, Citeo, Adelphe, Léko, Refashion, any other approved eco-organisation, the French administration or Amazon. It is not an eco-organisation and holds no approval. Each organisation controls its own decisions and evidence.
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