Household packaging EPR on Amazon France
Nearly every seller needs this number, whatever else they sell: anything shipped to a French consumer in a box, bag or bottle is packaging.
What Amazon asks for
Amazon asks for your unique identification numbers (UIN, the same thing as an IDU), one per EPR category, on the page “Informations de conformité relatives à la responsabilité élargie des producteurs” in Seller Central. Packaging and paper count as one category. If you are not compliant, Amazon says it may deactivate your offers or comply on your behalf. Amazon
Amazon's public page does not publish a notice period, a review time or a schedule of checks. Your own notice is the document that counts: see what each marketplace publishes.
Paper shares the packaging number, so catalogues and leaflets do not need a second one.
Your own number or Pay on Behalf
| Your own IDU | Amazon Pay on Behalf | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Membership in your name, through a representative | Amazon's fallback when you give it no valid number for a category |
| Service cost | Our published fee (below) | €25 per EPR category a year since 1 January 2026 ChannelX |
| Eco-contributions | Published rate, passed on at cost | Recovered from your seller account; Amazon may hold amounts in reserve ChannelX |
| Covers | Every channel | Amazon.fr sales only |
| Number to show elsewhere | Yes | None |
If Amazon.fr is your only route into France, Pay on Behalf can be enough for those sales: when it is, and when it is not. Add your own store or a second marketplace and you need your own registration.
Getting the number
With no establishment in France, a representative established there is compulsory since 10 July 2026, by written mandate. 
Légifrance ADEME issues one IDU per stream, through the eco-organisme you join. 
ADEME
For this stream you choose between Citeo, Léko and Adelphe. The number works on every marketplace you add later. ADEME
Stock in another country
Stock location does not change who the producer is. Amazon treats selling in a country where you are not physically established as one of the cases that makes you a producer. Amazon So goods sent from a German fulfilment centre to a French customer still count: see pan-EU FBA.
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.
Léko's 2026 scale shows how little volume can matter at the small end. Under 500,000 units you can declare units per product family, with no weights. The invoice has a €95 minimum and is capped at €150 below 20,000 units. 
Léko Those figures are for 2026: the 2027 scale differs, so check it before budgeting. Citeo and Adelphe publish their own scales: which one to join.
The label on the pack
Household packaging needs the Triman logo with a sorting instruction, printed or on a sticker. 
French Ministry of Ecologica Amazon's listing does not replace it: the full rules.
Common mistakes on this stream
- Thinking it does not apply to you because you sell clothing or electronics. Those need packaging as well. Sources (2)ADEMEADEME — Filière REP Textiles, linge, chaussures (TLC)ADEMEADEME — Filière REP Équipements électriques et électroniques (EEE)
- Using a supplier's number. See when you are not the producer.
- Assuming Pay on Behalf gives you a number. It does not.
If your listings are already down: the recovery steps.