Switching your French EPR representative

Sanctions if a gap opens

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 after the switch

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

Short version

Since 10 July 2026 a producer not established in France must appoint a representative established in France by written mandate. Légifrance The article adds that appointment; it does not cancel a membership or an identifier you already hold. Your IDU stays the same, so marketplaces need no new number. ADEME

What stays and what changes

Item	When you switch
Your IDU per stream	Stays the same ADEME
Your eco-organisme membership and history	Stays; the new representative carries it under the new mandate
Contributions already paid for the year	Not paid again
Your marketplace settings	No change needed
The written mandate	A new one, with the new representative Légifrance
Who files the next declaration	The new representative

The order to do it in

1. Read your current contract for its notice period and renewal date.
2. Sign the new mandate before the old one ends, so there is no day without a representative.
3. Give notice to the old provider in writing, by its contract's deadline.
4. Ask for your file: IDUs, eco-organisme account details, the last declarations and what is due next. ADEME
5. Tell your eco-organisme who your representative is now; your new representative usually does this. ADEME
6. Check the IDU on ADEME's register after the change. ADEME

What to ask your current provider for

Things that go wrong

• A gap between mandates. The duty to have a representative does not pause. Légifrance
• Accounts in the provider's name. If your eco-organisme account was opened under the provider, ask for the transfer early. ADEME
• A declaration nobody files. Agree in writing who files the one that falls during the switch.
• Paying twice. Contributions already paid stay paid; check before a new invoice is settled.

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

Moving to us

Your membership runs under our mandate and your IDU stays: what stays when you appoint us. Leaving us works the same way: you stop the renewal under our normal terms. 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.