How do physical products reach France?

Establishment decides the representative question, and the difference between a French business end user and an importer or reseller decides who the producer is. Three short screens give an indicative route before any contact field appears.

Do you sell physical products?

Yes No Not sure

Country of establishment

Does a platform established in France state in writing that it ensures your EPR obligations for these products?

French law treats the duty to appoint a representative as satisfied for products whose obligations are ensured by a marketplace established in France. A fee, a label or a payment service is not by itself that statement, so the evidence is reviewed rather than assumed.

Yes, in writing No Not sure

Which route best describes sales into France?

MarketplaceWe sell through Amazon, eBay or another online marketplace. Own webshop — directOur own store ships directly to customers in France. Direct to a French business end userThe French business uses the goods; it is not buying them for resale. French importer or resellerA French business buys the goods and resells or distributes them. Mixed or uncertainMore than one route applies, or the contractual importer is unclear.

Why the B2B split matters: when a French importer or reseller buys the goods and places them on the market itself, the producer duty normally follows that buyer. A direct sale to a business end user is not automatically treated the same way and stays in the allocation review.