Clothing, linen and footwear EPR on Amazon France
A clothing seller on Amazon.fr usually needs two numbers: textiles through Refashion, and 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.
For clothing that means one number for textiles and one for packaging. Giving only one leaves the other category open. 
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Your own numbers 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.
The fee is per category, so two categories means €50 a year, on top of the eco-contributions.
Where the real money is
On this stream the eco-contribution can be far larger than any service fee, because rates differ so much by product.
| 2,000 items a year | Basic rate | Rate with Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Women's T-shirts | €0.5799 each: €1,159.80 | €0.0323 each: €64.60 |
| Men's jeans | €0.5799 each: €1,159.80 | €0.1098 each: €219.60 |
| Women's dresses | €0.5799 each: €1,159.80 | €0.0565 each: €113 |
Refashion's published rates, from our textiles page. 
Refashion Which rate a product gets depends on what you can declare for it.
Getting the numbers
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
Refashion is the eco-organisme for this stream. What the stream covers. Sources (2)ADEMEADEME — Filière REP Textiles, linge, chaussures (TLC)ADEMEADEME — which producers the EPR schemes cover
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.
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.
The label
Clothing is a regulated category of its own, so the sorting information can go on the product, its packaging or, failing that, the documents supplied with it. 
French Ministry of Ecologica A shoebox holding a pair of shoes needs only one Triman logo if the two instructions sit side by side.
Common mistakes on this stream
- Forgetting packaging. The polybag and the box count.
- Budgeting at a single rate. See the table above.
- Assuming accessories are out of scope. Check the scope.