Answer · updated 12 September 2026

EPR in France for an Etsy seller

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) means you pay for the waste your packaging and your product become. In France it starts at the first parcel to a French consumer.

You join a producer responsibility organisation, a scheme such as CITEO for packaging, and you then hold a unique identification number issued by ADEME.

The number is per stream, not per company. Packaging, paper, textiles, furniture and electrical goods are separate registrations, and a seller can owe several.

Etsy asks for the number, and marketplaces have been answerable for unregistered sellers since 1 January 2022. Selling without it puts your French sales at risk.

A seller established outside France may register directly or appoint a mandataire, an authorised representative for the scheme. That is a service you buy elsewhere.

At a glance

Country: France
Regime: Extended producer responsibility (EPR)
Number: Identifiant unique, issued by ADEME
Trigger: The first parcel to a French consumer
Streams: Packaging, paper, textiles, furniture, electrical

5 obligations apply · 4 do not · 1 you buy elsewhere

What applies

Join a producer responsibility organisation for every stream you place on the French market

Code de l'environnement, Article L.541-10

Hold a unique identification number (identifiant unique) from ADEME, one per stream

Code de l'environnement, Article L.541-10-13

Declare the tonnage placed on the French market each year and pay the scheme's fee

Code de l'environnement, Article L.541-10

Print the Triman logo with the sorting information on your packaging

Décret n° 2021-835 du 29 juin 2021

Code de l'environnement, Article L.541-10-9

What does not apply

A French company

A seller established abroad registers as the producer, directly or through a mandataire.

One number covering every stream

The number is issued per stream. Packaging and textiles are two registrations, with two declarations.

German LUCID registration

It has no effect in France. Each country registers, declares and marks separately.

A fee on sales

The scheme charges on the weight and material you place on the market, not on your revenue.

What to do first

01List the streams you touch: packaging first, then textiles, furniture or electrical if they apply.
02Join a scheme for each one, or appoint a mandataire to do it.
03Record the unique identification number for each stream.
04Put the number in your Etsy account, and the Triman mark with sorting information on the packaging.
05Diarise the yearly declaration of tonnage.

Sources

We read the texts and name them. We do not sell representation, and we say when you need it.

The rules move. Watch tells you when one of these changes.

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) applies from 12 August 2026 and rewrites packaging duties across the European Union. Watch is the free notice of what changed, who it hits, and what to do.

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This page is written from the official texts named above and from your own product's facts only when you run the Check. It is documentation, not legal advice.