French EPR across several sales channels

One IDU, every channel

A platform collecting for you is not a registration: none of them gives you an IDU, and none covers your other channels. ADEME

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

Who runs what in France

• Household packaging and graphic paper: Citeo, Léko and Adelphe are the approved eco-organismes. Citeo+2
• Electrical and electronic equipment: ecosystem and Ecologic, with Soren for photovoltaic panels. Eecosystem+2
• Textiles, linen and footwear: Refashion. RRefashion
• SYDEREP, ADEME's register, holds each producer's registration and IDU. AADEME
• Amazon publishes its own French EPR requirements for sellers on Seller Central. AAmazon Seller Central

One number per stream, not per channel

ADEME issues one IDU per stream. ADEME The same number works on your store, every marketplace and with retailers. Pay on Behalf is the exception to watch: it gives you no number and covers Amazon.fr only. CChannelX AADEME

What each channel wants

Channel	Asks for	Without it
Amazon.fr	One number per category AAmazon	May deactivate offers or comply on your behalf
eBay.fr	Per category on new items; packaging on new or used EeBay.fr	May charge you, stop or restrict listings
Etsy	Per category, shown to buyers EEtsy	Not published
Fnac Darty	One per stream FFnac Darty	Collects the sums due in your place
Zalando	Yours, or your French supplier's plus your own for shipping packaging ZZalando	Could suspend you
Your own store	Nobody asks; the law requires you to publish it Légifrance	Fines under L. 541-9-5 Légifrance

The year-end merge

1. Export French sales by product from each channel, for the calendar year.
2. Use one product list as the master.
3. Mark units Amazon already paid for under Pay on Behalf.
4. Mark units sold to a French importer that declares them: double declaration.
5. Add your own shipping packaging.
6. Keep the sheet as your proof.

Where sellers get caught

• Adding a store to an Amazon-only business while staying on Pay on Behalf.
• Entering a number on one marketplace and forgetting the next.
• Publishing nothing on the store, because no platform asked.

What it costs

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.

Platform by platform · for online stores.