Citeo or Léko: which suits your volume?

Rates side by side

Léko's 2026 rates per kilogram: Léko Citeo's are in its 2026 rate guide. CCiteo Citeo+1

Household packaging and graphic paper Emballages ménagers et papiers graphiquesCiteo, Léko, AdelpheLéko9 rates

Product	Official rate
Steel	€0.0645 / kg
Aluminium	€0.246 / kg
Paper and cardboard	€0.255 / kg
Glass	€0.02 / kg
Clear PET bottles	€0.68 / kg
PE packaging, rigid or flexible	€0.748 / kg
Packaging containing PVC	€2.72 / kg
Wood, cork	€0.255 / kg
Graphic paper (under 5 t a year exempt)	€92.00 / t

All rates as JSON

How to compare on your own packaging

Step	What to do
1	List each packaging component and its weight by material
2	Multiply by each scheme's rate per material CCiteo+1
3	Apply bonuses and penalties each scheme publishes
4	Compare minimum fees for small volumes
5	Check the declaration portal and support language

Who declares

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

The rules that decide it

2026 rule	Citeo	Léko
Smallest sellers	Flat €110 excl. VAT under 10,000 units a year CCiteo	Minimum invoice €95 excl. VAT Léko
Small sellers	Simplified declaration from 10,000 units, with no cap stated CCiteo	Simplified declaration capped at €150 excl. VAT under 20,000 units Léko
Simplified declaration	Up to 500,000 units CCiteo	Under 500,000 units Léko
Above 500,000 units	Declaration per unit CCiteo	Detailed declaration, compulsory Léko

Worked example: clothing shipped to the customer

Using each scale's clothing rate with shipping packaging: Citeo €0.0453 a unit, CCiteo Léko €0.0414. Léko Amounts are excl. VAT, for packaging only.

Our arithmetic from the two scales, not a quote. Each scale defines its own units, so check how yours are counted: the counting mistakes.

Rates by product family

Rates per unit for 2026, simplified declaration. Check your exact family in the scale, because these are only examples.

Sources: Citeo's 2026 guide CCiteo and Léko's 2026 scale. Léko We checked these families only, not every line.

Paper counts too

Leaflets and printed inserts fall under the same contract family. Citeo's €110 minimum covers both declarations, and under 5 tonnes of paper you pay no paper contribution on top of it. CCiteo Léko's 2026 table exempts under 5 tonnes from the contribution, on an attestation, and sets €92 a tonne above that. Léko

Bonuses and penalties

The simplified route is quick, but at Citeo you need the per-unit declaration to get bonuses, premiums and penalties. CCiteo Léko applies premiums and penalties through its own detailed scale. Léko If your packaging is light and recyclable, price both routes before you assume the simple one is cheaper.

What this page leaves out

• Adelphe also covers household packaging and publishes its own scale. We have not compared it here. ADEME AAdelphe
• 2027 rates. Léko puts its 2027 scale behind a registration form, so we do not quote it. Recheck before you decide on 2027 sales. ADEME
• Professional packaging is a separate stream: see here.

How this fits with us

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.

Eco-contributions are billed at the eco-organisme's official rate and passed on at cost. All eco-organismes · the calculator. ADEME