How many numbers does a clothing brand on Shopify need?

Usually two: textiles and packaging.

In your terms of sale and on your website in the same way as your legal notices.

Is there a minimum volume?

No. The duty applies from the first sale, and costs scale with what you sell.

Textile EPR on a Shopify store selling to France: Refashion, your IDU, your data

Nobody checks, and that is the trap

We found no Shopify help page on French EPR when we looked on 6 November 2026, and Shopify is a store you run, not a marketplace selling for you. So no platform asks for your number, and none pays in your place. The marketplace rule that catches Amazon sellers does not apply here. Ministère de l'Écologie Your duties apply directly: a quiet checkout does not mean you are covered.

Where your numbers must appear

This is the part marketplace sellers never have to think about. Article R. 541-173 requires your IDU in your terms of sale, and article L. 541-10-10 requires a producer with a website to show it there in the same way as its legal notices. You must also give it to a buyer who asks. Légifrance

On Shopify, that means two edits: add the numbers to your terms of service policy and to the page holding your legal notices. List one number per stream. Where you must show your IDU. ADEME

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 for textiles, plus a packaging eco-organisme. What the stream covers.

Where the real money is

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.

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.

Getting the numbers out of Shopify

Export your orders for the calendar year and keep those shipped to France.
Total the units per product, not per order.
Count the parcels: your shipping box is packaging you chose.
Record which products are in which stream.
Keep the export with the declaration as your proof.

For clothing, keep the product type with each line: rates depend on it. ADEME

The label

Sorting information can go on the garment, its packaging or, failing that, the documents supplied with it. French Ministry of Ecologica Your shipping box carries its own instruction. The full rules.

If you do nothing

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

Clothing, linen and footwear EPR on a Shopify store