Chinese electronics in France: WEEE, batteries and packaging

Electronics rates

Electrical and electronic equipment Équipements électriques et électroniquesEcologic, ecosystem, SorenEcologic22 rates

Product	Official basic rate	Official rate with Plus	Savings / 1,000 units
Wired shavers	€1.32 / item	€0.89 / item	€430
Electric kettles	€0.38 / item	€0.34 / item	€40
Toasters	€0.22 / item	€0.18 / item	€40
Tablets	€2.98 / item	€0.85 / item	€2,130
Smartphones	€4.42 / item	€2.56 / item	€1,860
Laptops	€5.41 / item	€3.78 / item	€1,630
Robot vacuums	€4.76 / item	€3.60 / item	€1,160
Cordless stick vacuums	€3.69 / item	€2.66 / item	€1,030
Fans (0.5 to 5 kg)	€2.31 / item	€0.94 / item	€1,370
Lamps (0.5 to 5 kg)	€0.60 / item	€0.25 / item	€350
Clothes irons	€1.17 / item	€0.30 / item	€870
Wired hairdryers	€1.61 / item	€0.89 / item	€720
TV, 32 to 50 inches	€18.82 / item	€11.18 / item	€7,640
Monitor, up to 7 kg	€4.35 / item	€2.13 / item	€2,220
Printer, up to 5 kg	€2.62 / item	€0.86 / item	€1,760
Microwave oven	€3.86 / item	€3.17 / item	€690
Capsule coffee machine	€1.22 / item	€1.14 / item	€80
Filter coffee machine	€0.53 / item	€0.46 / item	€70
Smartwatch	€0.90 / item	€0.85 / item	€50
Games console	€1.60 / item	€1.46 / item	€140
Handheld games console	€1.03 / item	€0.98 / item	€50
Smart speaker, up to 0.5 kg	€1.00 / item	€0.96 / item	€40

Savings shown are rate differences multiplied by 1,000, before eligibility limits, minimum contributions and service fees. Use the calculator for your annual estimate.

Conditions and minimums: Refashion's basic rate is only open below 5,000 textile items a year · Ecologic may require its standard rates above 5 tonnes of electrical products a year · Ecomaison's basic furniture rate needs under 1,000 items, 15 tonnes and €2 million of furniture sales a year · Ecomaison's basic toy rate needs under 15,000 pieces, under 15 tonnes in total and at most 10 kg a piece. Léko: household packaging also has a per-unit part and a €110 yearly minimum. Ecologic: €200 yearly minimum. Batribox: €200 yearly minimum per battery category. Ecomaison DIY and garden: the flat basic rate is open below 10,000 pieces and 15 tonnes a year. Electronics use Ecologic's standard rate and, where Ecologic lists a penalty (for example a battery that cannot be removed), the higher rate. Basic rates for electronics are available while you declare under 5 tonnes a year; above that, Ecologic may ask you to declare at its standard rates.

Calculate your saving with Plus → All rates as JSON

Who is the producer

Set-up	Producer for French EPR
You sell to French customers and ship from abroad	You Légifrance
Your stock is in a French or EU warehouse, sold in your name	You
A French distributor imports and resells	The distributor
A marketplace buys and resells as retailer	The marketplace
A retailer sells your goods under its own brand	The retailer

Sanctions

Failure	Sanction	Source
Not meeting EPR duties after formal notice	Up to €1,500 (individual) or €7,500 (company) per unit or tonne concerned	Légifrance
Still not complying	Daily penalty up to €20,000	Légifrance
Register and IDU failures	Fine up to €30,000	Légifrance
No IDU on a marketplace	The platform blocks the listing or pays in your place	Ministère de l'Écologie

First year

When	What	Source
Before the first French sale	Representative appointed, IDU per stream, IDUs in every marketplace ADEME	Légifrance+1
On every household pack	Triman and Info-tri	French Ministry of Ecologica
From 1 January 2027	Professional packaging scheme, if you sell to businesses	ADEME
Early the following year	Declaration of the previous year's French sales	Citeo
All year	Eco-contributions at published rates, no markup	Léko

Who is the producer

Whoever first places the product on the French market. Légifrance

The three streams

What	Stream	Eco-organismes
The device	Electrical and electronic equipment ADEME	ecosystem, Ecologic
The battery inside, removable or not	Batteries ADEME	Batribox, ecosystem
Box, inserts and shipping carton	Household packaging ADEME	Citeo, Léko, Adelphe

What the device costs: Ecologic 2026

Per item, excluding VAT. Ecologic+1

What the battery costs: Batribox 2026

Batribox charges per kilogram, with a €200 yearly minimum per battery category. BBatribox Li-ion with cobalt is €0.544 a kg and without cobalt €0.564 a kg, so for phones and speakers the minimum is usually what you pay.

What we need from you

Your company name and address and, without an EU VAT number, your registration number: for a mainland company, its unified social credit code. Then your product list, packaging, sales channels into France and the signed mandate. We work in Chinese as well as English; filings with the eco-organismes are in French. Selling into France from China. ADEME

Where the IDUs go

One IDU per stream: in your terms of sale, on your website and in each marketplace account. Amazon.fr asks for one per EPR category. AAmazon If Amazon does not accept it.

Labels

The device, its pack and the shipping box each need the French sorting label: Triman on parcels. Légifrance

With no establishment in France, a representative established there is compulsory since 10 July 2026, by written mandate. Légifrance ADEME issues one IDU per stream, through the eco-organisme you join. ADEME

Standard is €190 a year per eligible stream (up to three), up to 1 tonne a year per stream, with simplified reporting and one declaration a year; Plus is €990 a year for up to three streams, with detailed reporting that optimises your eco-contributions, up to 10 tonnes. There is no setup fee. Eco-contributions are passed on at cost, with 0% markup. See pricing or the calculator.