Who keeps the client relationship?

You do. The client signs its own mandate with our representative, because the law requires one; everything outside EPR stays with you.

Does the client pay more through a partner?

No. The client pays the published price; your 20% comes out of our fee.

Is the fee only on the first year?

No. You earn 20% of every yearly renewal for as long as the client stays, and 20% of each month on our data service.

Are referral fees allowed for regulated advisers?

Rules differ by profession and country, for example for tax advisers. Check yours before accepting a fee; you can introduce clients without one.

Can our existing clients refer others too?

Yes. Clients have a refer-and-earn section in their portal, separate from the partner programme.

French EPR partner programme for firms in United States and Asia: 20% recurring

What US and Asian sellers ask us first

Question	Short answer
Do we need a French company?	No: a representative in France Légifrance
Does Amazon cover us?	Only partly Amazon
How many IDUs?	One per stream ADEME
What does it cost?	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.
Is VAT included?	No: VAT is a separate registration impots.gouv.fr

Who does what

Task	Your firm	EPR France Rep
Spot that a client sells into France	Yes
Act as representative in France		Yes Légifrance
Join eco-organismes and obtain IDUs		Yes ADEME
Collect sales figures	Often, from the client's books	We tell you what we need
File declarations		Yes
VAT, customs, product safety	Yours or the client's	Not covered

Who is the producer

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

First year

When	What	Source
Before the first French sale	Representative appointed, IDU per stream, IDUs in every marketplace ADEME
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

When

What

Source

Before the first French sale

Representative appointed, IDU per stream, IDUs in every marketplace

ADEME

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

Why your clients need a French representative

Sellers from the United States, China, Japan, Korea, India, Hong Kong or Singapore need a representative established in France for French EPR. Légifrance 3PLs, FBA prep centres, marketplace agencies and VAT firms serving them refer the French leg. See French EPR by country.

Why a firm outside France cannot hold the role itself: since 10 July 2026 a producer with no establishment in France must appoint a representative established in France, by written mandate. Légifrance Marketplaces selling into France must check each seller's unique identifier (IDU) or pay the eco-contributions in the seller's place. Ministère de l'Écologie ADEME issues one IDU per stream, through the eco-organisme the producer joins. ADEME

Partner terms

Term	What it means
Your fee	20% of what your client contracts with us, and 20% again of every yearly renewal, for as long as the client stays. No cap.
Data service	20% of every month a client stays on EPR EU Connect, our €89-a-month packaging data service.
Excluded	Eco-contributions and scheme fees: we pass them on at cost with 0% margin, so there is nothing to share.
When paid	Once your client has paid us.
Client price	The same published price as anyone else. Your fee comes out of ours.
Who keeps the client	You. Each client signs its own mandate with our representative, because the law requires a named representative; everything outside EPR stays with you.
Your tools	A page at epreurep.com/yourfirm with your name and logo, a partner code, and a dashboard with leads, paid clients, their yearly fees and your fee.
Client data	You see a client's own account only after the client approves your access, and it can withdraw it at any time.

Three countries

Country	Our representative	What the client does
France	EPRFranceRep SAS, Paris	Picks the streams and signs the mandate online; IDUs follow eco-organisme membership ADEME
Germany	EPRGermanyRep	Signs by hand or with a qualified e-signature, registers in LUCID personally and names the representative there Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsr
Spain	EPRSpainRep	Signs the mandate and provides the company documents; a Spanish tax number comes first, so start Spain early

We do not offer other countries for now.

How to start

Apply. Tell us about your firm and your clients; we reply in writing within one working day with the partner terms.
Get your page. epreurep.com/yourfirm, with your name and logo. Clients buy from it directly and every order is tracked to you.
Introduce clients. Send the link or give your partner code. No integration.
Follow it. Leads, paid clients and your fee in your dashboard. We do the registrations and the filing.

Apply to become a partner

From United States and Asia to France: one partner for the French leg