French EPR checklist for foreign sellers, 2026–2027

Checklist with dates

Done?	Item	Deadline
☐	Representative appointed	Since 10 July 2026 Légifrance
☐	IDU per stream	Before you sell ADEME
☐	IDUs in every marketplace	Before you sell AAmazon
☐	Triman on household packaging	In force French Ministry of Ecologica
☐	PPWR declaration of conformity	Since 12 August 2026 EEuropean Commission
☐	Professional packaging scheme	1 January 2027 ADEME
☐	Declaration of 2026 sales	In 2027, scheme deadlines
☐	EU label artwork	From 12 August 2028 at the earliest EUR-Lex

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

Batteries in your products

All rates as JSON

The dates

Date	What applies	Who it touches
9 September 2022	Triman and sorting instruction on household packaging French Ministry of Ecologica	Anyone selling packaged goods to French households
10 July 2026	Representative established in France compulsory Légifrance	Every producer with no French establishment
12 August 2026	EU packaging regulation applies, with registration in each member state EUR-Lex	Packaging producers selling across member states
1 January 2027	Professional packaging scheme starts ADEME	Anyone delivering packaging to business customers

Set-up, step by step

Step	What to do	What you need
1. Streams	Sort products into EPR streams; packaging is usually one of them	Product list with materials and uses ADEME
2. Representative	Appoint one established in France by written mandate	Company name, address, registration number, VAT number if any, signatory's ID Légifrance
3. Memberships	Join one approved eco-organisme per stream	Channels into France, quantities per product line ADEME
4. IDUs	Receive one IDU per stream	Nothing more; ADEME issues it through the eco-organisme ADEME
5. Terms and website	Show each IDU in your terms of sale and on your site	Your IDUs
6. Marketplaces	Enter each IDU where the platform asks	The paths: marketplace requirements
7. Labels	Triman and sorting instruction on household packs and parcels Légifrance	Your eco-organisme's Info-tri guide AAdelphe
8. Declaration	Declare what you placed on the market, per stream	Units or weights per product line, all channels

Before you start: are you the producer?

The producer is whoever first places the goods on the French market. Légifrance

Every year

• Collect sales for France from every channel for the calendar year.
• Declare by your eco-organisme's date: the calendar.
• Pay the contribution at the eco-organisme's rate.
• Check new product lines for new streams.
• Check labels on new packaging.

What it costs if you skip it

Potential fines reach €30,000 for specified registration, IDU and reporting breaches, and €7,500 per unit or tonne for a company in other cases, under article L. 541-9-5. Légifrance

The first consequence is usually commercial: marketplaces block listings without a valid IDU. ADEME

Doing it with us

We are the representative in step 2 and run steps 3, 4 and 8 for you. The registration steps in detail.

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.