French EPR, from source to control.
Guides built from French and EU primary sources, with regulatory facts separated from working assumptions, platform policy and open decisions.
Electrical and electronic equipment in France: a separate file
Why WEEE never rides on a packaging registration, and what a seller has to classify before asking for a price.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RegistrationThe unique identifier (IDU): one per scheme, published and checkable
Where the French identifier comes from, what it looks like, and the two places the law requires you to display it.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
StreamsTextiles, household linen and footwear: the French scheme and its history rule
A scheme with its own contribution guide, its own eco-modulation and a rule that reaches backwards when you join.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
EnforcementFrench EPR penalties, and how unregistered history is handled
What article L. 541-9-5 provides, what the marking penalties are, and how to approach periods before registration.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
ScopeOne product, several schemes: mapping a catalogue to French EPR
Why a speaker in a box with a battery inside creates three files, and how to keep them apart.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
MarketplacesWhat French law asks of marketplaces, and what that means for sellers
Article L. 541-10-9, the evidence exception, and how a platform’s duty interacts with the seller’s own file.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
MarkingSorting information and the Triman marking on French packaging
A product-marking duty that reaches every seller regardless of volume, with defined cases for small packaging.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
MarkingWhere your unique identifier must appear, and what happens if it does not
The sales-terms and website display duty, and the separate penalty limb that applies to registration and display failures.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RepresentationThe French representative duty: what article L. 541-10-9-1 actually says
A statutory appointment duty with statutory subrogation, in force since 10 July 2026, and the marketplace exception written into the same article.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
GuidesFrance, Italy and Spain: three packaging regimes that do not resemble each other
A comparison for sellers operating in several markets, and the traps created by copying one country’s answer into another.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
GuidesEPR in France: a practical guide for foreign sellers
How the French system actually works: a public register, one identifier per scheme, a representative established in France and an annual declaration window.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RegistrationCiteo, Adelphe or Léko: choosing an eco-organisation for household packaging
Approved organisations compete for the same French stream, their published scales differ, and the choice belongs to the producer.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
CostsHow French packaging contributions are calculated in 2026
Per consumer sales unit, by product family, with a separate amount when you ship in your own box — and published caps and minimums.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
StreamsBatteries in France, including batteries inside your products
The battery scheme is triggered by what is inside the box, not by what is written on it.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RecurringThe French declaration window: January to the end of February
One annual filing for the previous calendar year, the invoicing rhythm behind it, and why the work starts in November.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
MarketplacesAmazon and French EPR: what the platform checks and what it does not solve
Platform compliance fields, pay-on-behalf services and the difference between paying a contribution and holding a registration.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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