Triman on e-commerce parcels

Who declares the parcel

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

Short version

Put the Triman logo with its sorting instruction (Info-tri) on the shipping box, or on a sticker stuck to it. One instruction can cover the box and the filling. The product's own pack needs its label too. The rule is article L. 541-9-3 of the Environmental Code and has applied to household packaging since 9 September 2022. Légifrance+1

What is in a typical parcel

Element	Label needed?	How
Shipping box	Yes	Triman and sorting instruction, printed or on a sticker French Ministry of Ecologica
Filling: paper, air cushions, chips	Yes	Covered by the same instruction as the box, even when the filling is not always inside French Ministry of Ecologica
Product pack inside	Yes	Its own label, from your eco-organisme's Info-tri guide AAdelphe
Product in another stream: shoes, toys, electricals	Yes	On the product, its pack or, failing that, the documents with it Légifrance
Invoice, leaflet, return slip	No separate label	Digital documents are outside the duty
Glass drinks bottle	No	The one packaging exception

Stickers are allowed

The label can be printed on the packaging or on a sticker stuck to it. French Ministry of Ecologica That is the cheap fix for boxes already bought: one sticker per box at packing, and the artwork changes at the next print run. Keep a photo of a labelled parcel with the date, so you can show what you did if a marketplace or the authorities ask.

Small packs

Measure the largest side.

Shipping boxes are almost always above these sizes, so the exemption rarely helps a parcel.

Selling the same box in other countries

If one box design ships to France and elsewhere, add the "FR" tab on the instruction block, which the Info-tri guide makes mandatory: it tells buyers abroad that the instruction applies to France only. AAdelphe Other countries' labels can sit next to it.

Stock in Amazon or a 3PL

The duty stays with the producer, wherever the goods are stored. Ask the warehouse to sticker the stock or relabel at the next inbound shipment, and keep the instruction you sent them. A parcel from Germany, the UK or China to a French household is treated the same way.

Where the artwork comes from

The logo is fixed by regulation. The instruction for household packaging is published by the eco-organismes in their Info-tri guides: Citeo, Léko and Adelphe. AAdelphe+2 Take it from your own eco-organisme rather than redrawing it. More detail: the full Triman guide; on the EU label to come, where the PPWR label stands.

A packing-desk checklist

1. One label design for each box size, covering box and filling.
2. Stickers for boxes already in stock.
3. Each product pack labelled from the Info-tri guide.
4. The FR tab if the box also ships abroad.
5. A written instruction to any warehouse that packs for you.
6. A dated photo of a finished parcel.

How this fits with us

Labelling is yours to apply; we tell you which streams you are in and give you your eco-organisme's guide. 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.