Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) streams

Verified 04 August 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Companies manufacturing certain waste products are subject to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). It exists today 20 PWR routes. PWR companies have obligations: to contribute to a eco-organism or set up an individual system, get a unique identifier (UDI), perform a annual declaration, mention some environmental characteristics products, etc.

The companies subject to extended producer responsibility (EPR) are the ones that manage at least one of the following product categories or elements and materials used in their manufacture:

  • Packaging used to market products consumed or used by households, including those for which the final consumer is uncertain and those consumed outside the home, printed papers (except books) and papers for graphic use, intended for end-users producing household and similar waste
  • Packaging used to market products consumed or used by professionals (regardless of their sector of activity)
  • Construction products or materials of the building sector intended for households or professionals
  • Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), whether intended for use by individuals or professionals

Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) included in this PWR pipeline are as follows:

  • Heat exchange equipment : large refrigerating appliances, refrigerators, freezers and air conditioning appliances and other air conditioning equipment (heat pumps, etc.)
  • Screens, monitors and equipment including screens with a surface area greater than 100 cm² : screens, monitors, laptops, small laptops, tablets and smartphones with a screen area greater than 100 cm²
  • Lamps
  • Large EEE (Examples: washing machines, water heaters, dishwashers, cookers, VMC, microwave ovens, electric radiators, electric fans, etc.)
  • Small EEE (examples: vacuum cleaners, irons, toaster, hair dryer, toothbrushes, razors, scales, e-cigarettes, etc.)
  • Small computer and telecommunications equipment (e.g. printers, electric manual labellers, photocopiers, internet boxes, home phones, mobile phones, smartphones with a screen area of 100 cm² or less, external hard drives and usb drives, etc.)
  • Photovoltaic panels
  • Assisted pedaling cycles (electric bicycles) with a maximum continuous rated power of 0,25 kilowatt and other motorized personal mobility devices (examples: electric scooters, hoverboards, gyropods, etc.).

EEE that are excluded from this PWR stream are as follows:

  • EEE that are specifically designed and settled to fit into a type of equipment excluded from the categories listed above
  • EEE related to the protection of essential State security interests, weapons, ammunition and other war material, if they are related to exclusively military purposes
  • Non-electric bulky elements permanently attached to the building or to the ground, either for housing, protecting, guiding, supporting an EEE, for transporting fluids to or from an EEE, or set in motion by EEE when they can be easily disconnected during disassembly on site
  • Large stationary industrial tools (e.g. printing machines, packaging or bottling machines, etc.)
  • Filament bulbs
  • Equipment to be sent to space
  • Large fixed installations, with the exception of EEE present in the latter which are not specifically designed and mounted for integration and can therefore fulfill their function even if they are not part of the large fixed installation on which they are mounted (examples of large installations concerned: lifts, object conveying systems, etc.)
  • Non-road mobile machinery intended exclusively for professional use
  • Equipment specifically designed for research and development purposes only, and available only in a business-to-business context
  • Active implantable medical devices, as well as medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, where such devices normally become infectious before the end of their life cycle without the possibility of disinfection, sterilization, or dismantling of soiled parts prior to disposal.

Please note

One full list of EEE concerned is available in a review on Legifrance.

  • Batteries : portable batteries, batteries for light transport (MTL batteries), start-up, lighting and ignition batteries (SLI batteries), industrial batteries, electric vehicle batteries
  • Contents and Containers of Chemicals may have a significant risk to health and environment, from which the waste resulting from these products may be collected by the public waste management service

Contents and containers of chemicals of this PWR system are as follows:

  • Pyrotechnic products
  • Fire extinguishers and other extinguishing appliances
  • Hydrocarbon-based products
  • Adhesion, sealing and repair products
  • Materials treatment and coating products and surface preparation products
  • Special care or protection products
  • Usual chemicals
  • Solvents and diluents
  • Household biocidal and plant protection products
  • Household Fertilizers
  • Dyes and dyes for textiles
  • Inks, printing and photographic products
  • Aerosol generators and gas cartridges.

Some details of these products are indicated in a Order on Legifrance.

  • Medicines
  • Perforating medical devices used by self-treating patients and users of HIV self-tests, including associated electrical and electronic equipment that is not part of the EEA PWR pathway
  • Furnishing elements, including upholstered seating or sleeping products and the elements of textile decoration

Furniture elements included in this PWR pipeline are as follows:

  • Living room, living room or dining room furniture
  • Extra furniture
  • Bedroom furniture
  • Bedding
  • Office furniture
  • Kitchen furniture
  • Bathroom furniture
  • Garden furniture
  • Seats
  • Technical, commercial and community furniture
  • Upholstered seating or sleeping products
  • Textile decoration elements such as carpets, curtains and curtains, and their accessories, whatever the materials that make up these accessories.

Furniture elements excluded from this PWR stream are as follows:

  • Specific layout elements of business premises constituting fixed installations which are:
    • Custom designed
    • Assembled and settled by a professional planner
    • Intended for permanent use as an integral part of the building or structure, at a pre-defined dedicated location
    • And can only be replaced by a similar element specifically designed for this purpose
  • Elements of urban furniture settled on the estate and in public spaces
  • Floor, wall and ceiling coverings covered by the PWR ‘building products or building materials’, including carpets intended for permanent settling in buildings
  • Furniture items covered by the EPR ‘Electrical and electronic equipment’.
  • New textile clothing, footwear or household linen intended for individuals and new textile products for the house
  • Toys
  • Sports and leisure items, including bicycles and non-motorized travel equipment (scooters, skateboards, etc.)
  • DIY and garden items
  • Passenger cars, vans and motor vehicles 2- or 3-wheel and motor quadricycles
  • Tires, whether or not combined with other products, including solid tires and tires integral with a shell by design
  • Mineral or synthetic oils, lubricating or industrial
  • Recreational or sports vessels
  • Tobacco Products equipped with filters made of plastic in whole or in part and products intended for use with tobacco products
  • Synthetic chewing gum non-biodegradable (chewing gum)
  • Disposable sanitary textiles : wipes, personal protective equipment, linens and clothing, paper hygiene products, absorbent hygiene and intimate protection products, products used for medical care, etc.
  • Fishing gear containing plastic.

Companies subject to PWRs are not not just those who make these products. The undertakings concerned shall carry out on products subject to PWR at least one of the following actions:

  • Development
  • Manufacturing
  • Manipulation
  • Treatment
  • Sale
  • Import.

Example :

A company may be submitted to REP for several different sectors. For example, a company selling sporting goods, DIY, electronic equipment and batteries may be subject to PWR under the following channels:

  • Sports and leisure items
  • DIY and garden items
  • Electrical and electronic equipment
  • Batteries
  • Household packaging (for packaging in which it sells some of its items).

Please note

Companies subject to extended producer responsibility (EPR) are sometimes all referred to as producers.

Companies subject to PWRs have the obligation from:

  • Either set up collectively (with other PWR companies in the same pipeline) approved eco-organizations. Companies subject to their EPR pay a financial contribution.
  • Either set up an individual system collection and processing approved.

Companies subject to PWRs have the obligation :

  • To provide for or contribute to the prevention and management of the waste they produce
  • To adopt an approach ofeco-design of products
  • To promote the extension of the service life of their products by ensuring to the best of all professional and private repairers concerned the availability of the means essential for efficient maintenance
  • To support the networks of re-use, re-use and repair such as those managed by social and solidarity-based economy structures or promoting integration through employment
  • Contribute to development aid projects for the collection and treatment of their waste
  • To develop the recycling of waste from products.

Companies subject to EPR delegate these obligations to individual eco-organizations and systems to which they contribute.

In addition to these obligations, PWR companies must:

  • Get a unique identifier (UDI) and affix it in certain documents
  • Perform a annual declaration, in particular as regards the quantity of products placed on the market
  • Affix some environmental characteristics of products
  • Depending on the situation and the sector, respectother obligations mentioned in this sheet (affixing of sorting signs, etc.).

Companies subject to PWRs have the obligation from:

  • Either set up collectively (with other PWR companies in the same pipeline) approved eco-organizations. Companies subject to their EPR pay a financial contribution in return.
  • Either set up an individual system collection and processing approved.

FYI  

The regulation of individual systems is complex. It is generally simpler and more advantageous to contribute to a eco-organism.

Eco-organism
Principle

The companies of the PWR systems may transfer their obligation to a eco-organism via a contract which provides for a financial contribution (also called “eco-contribution”) from the company subject to the EPR to the eco-organization.

The eco-organizations are listed on a dedicated website from the Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME):

List of approved EPR eco-organizations

Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe)

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Financial contributions

Financial contributions paid by the producer to the eco-organization cover costs :

  • Prevention, collection, transport and treatment of waste, including costs of collection and treatment of waste abandoned, deposited or managed in contravention of regulations
  • From transmission and data management necessary for the monitoring of the sector as well as those of the inter-sector communication
  • Necessary to achieve the quantitative or qualitative objectives
  • From collection of waste collected from bulky items, provided that such collection contributes to the reuse or recycling of such waste.

Revenues from waste recovery are taken into account by the eco-body and are deducted from all costs for the calculation of financial contributions.

The financial contributions paid by companies to an eco-organism are not fixed, but are modulated.

This modulation applies for each similar product or group of products, based on criteria of environmental performance.

Each eco-organism must establish environmental performance criteria on which the modulations of the financial contributions are based. These modulations are specified at the time the contract is drawn up between company and the eco-organism.

The criteria of environmental performance which may be taken into account include:

  • Quantity of material used
  • Incorporation of recycled material
  • Use of sustainably managed renewable resources
  • Sustainability
  • Reparability
  • Possibility of re-use or re-use
  • Recyclability
  • Advertising or promotional purpose of the product
  • Absence ofecotoxicity
  • Presence of substances dangerous, in particular where they are likely to limit the recyclability or incorporation of recycled materials.

The modulation takes the form of a bonus or penalty, set in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner, which may exceed the amount of the financial contribution necessary for waste management.

Please note

At the reasoned request of the company, the eco-body is obliged to limit the amount of the premium or penalty to a maximum of 20% the sales price excluding tax of its product.

Eco-organisms must:

  • Treat PWR companies under objective, transparent and non-discriminatory conditions
  • Provide them with cost accounting for the various categories of products and waste resulting from them
  • Transfer the part of their contributions that has not been used in case of change of eco-organization
  • Allow PWR companies to access technical information from waste operators to facilitate the ecodesign of their products.

They must also enable waste management operators to access technical information on products placed on the market, and in particular any information on the presence of hazardous substances, in order to ensure the quality of their recycling or recovery.

Eco-organisms shall be approved for a maximum period of 6 years.

Individual system

The companies of the PWR systems can set up a individual system rather than transferring their obligations to an eco-organization. This is possible when all of the following conditions are met :

  • The products include a marking to identify the origin
  • The company ensures a no-cost recovery waste throughout the national territory
  • This recovery is accompanied, if it makes it possible to improve the efficiency of the collection, by return premium to prevent the abandonment of waste
  • The company has a financial guarantee in the event of failure.

Individual systems shall be approved for a maximum period of 6 To do so, they must establish that they have the technical capacity, governance, financial and organizational means to meet the requirements of a specifications.

These specifications, fixed in decrees and by sector, can be found on a site of the National Institute of the Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS).

Texts regulating specific waste (including PWR pathways)

National Institute of Industrial Environment and Risk (Ineris)

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The application for approval of an individual system must be submitted to the Ministry responsible for the environment.

Individual systems are also subject to a periodic self-check based on regular independent audits carried out at least every 2 years, allowing in particular the following elements to be assessed:

  • Financial Management
  • Quality of data collected and reported
  • Coverage of waste management costs.

FYI  

The rules applicable to individual systems are complex.

Frequently asked questions from the Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) are available here:

Frequently Asked Questions - PWR Streams

Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe)

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Warning  

The contribution to an eco-organism being the largely dominant situation, this fact sheet is structured around the companies subject to REP contributing to an eco-organism. For companies that have set up an individual system, the steps indicated are generally to be carried out in SYDEREP.

Obtaining the UDI

Companies subject to the EPR principle must be recorded to the Ministry of the Environment, which issues a unique identifier (UDI).

The company registration is carried out by the eco-body to which the company contributes.

The eco-body is then responsible for transmit the UDI to the company.

ADEME publishes the list of registered companies and their UDI.

Warning  

A company subject to EPR under several sectors must have a unique identification number for each of the PWR systems to which it is subject.

Mandatory UDI statements

The company subject to REP shall indicate its UDI :

Please note

On request of the buyer, the companies selling EPR products shall communicate the UDI under which the company is registered which fulfills the extended producer responsibility obligations for that product.

Any PWR pipeline company must develop and implement a prevention and response planecodesign with the objective of:

  • Reducing the use of non-renewable resources
  • Increasing the use of recycled materials
  • Increase the recyclability of its products in processing facilities located in France.

FYI  

THEeco-organism set up by PWR companies may develop a plan common to all its members. Find out if there is one with your eco-organization.

If there are none, the company hasobligation to develop one. In this case, the eco-organization to which the company contributes generally makes resources available to assist the company in drafting its plan.

This plan must be revised every 5 years.

It comprises a review of previous plan and defines the objectives and actions for prevention andecodesign which will be implemented by the PWR company over the next 5 years.

Every 3 years, the eco-organization publishes a summary of the sector's plans, which is accessible to the public on its website.

Companies subject to the EPR principle shall transmit to their eco-organization by 31 May of each year, for each product category of each PWR chain they manage, data on:

  • Products placed on the market, including the rate of incorporation of recycled material into such products
  • The management of waste from these products, specifying, where appropriate, the material flows
  • Monitoring and setting quantitative and qualitative targets for waste prevention and management.

FYI  

The information precise which must be transmitted, for each route, are indicated appended to an order.

The data relate to the previous year.

The eco-organism is responsible for transmitting them to ADEME via the platform SYDEREPby 31 May each year.

The information transmitted is compiled by PWR channel and then published on a dedicated website by ADEME (in the tab dedicated to each sector, in "Sector indicators" - not all have published data to date).

Please note

Companies that place on the market small quantities products subject to EPR and which contribute to an eco-organism can sometimes fill in a declaration to the package. When this possibility is implemented, a quantity threshold is defined by the eco-organism on which company depends.

Triman logo

Any PWR product placed on the market for households shall be subject toa sign informing the consumer that this product is subject to sorting rules. This signage is:

  • Either the logo “Triman” indicated on Legifrance (in annex)
  • Or any other common signage regulated by the European Union or by another Member State of the European Union (example: the icon “crossed-out bin”, for electrical and electronic equipment). This case can only be applicable if this other marking is of compulsory application and informs the consumer that the products concerned are subject to sorting rules.
The Triman, a mandatory logo on recyclable products

Our-environment.gouv.fr

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Please note

That does not apply household beverage packaging in glass.

Sort Instructions

Mandatory

The Triman logo must be attached to a information specifying the instructions for sorting or feeding waste from the product. If several elements of the product or waste from the product are subject to different sorting instructions, these must be detailed element by element.

FYI  

The sorting instructions are defined by the eco-organism, in conjunction with the Ministry for the Environment. The relevant sorting instructions are communicated by the eco-body to the companies with whom he has a contract. They must also be available on the website of the eco-organization.

This statement is mandatory may be replaced by another common signage regulated by the European Union or by another Member State of the European Union. This applies if this other entry meets all of the following conditions:

  • It is mandatory application
  • It has the same characteristics as that set up by the eco-organism on which the company subject to PWR depends.
Changing Sort Guidelines

In case of changing sorting policies, the company informed by its eco-organization must apply the new signage and the associated sorting setpoint no later than 12 months after the date on which the change is made.

He may be decided by a time to disposal of stocks of a maximum of 6 months, which is added to these 12 months.

Where to put this signage?

The Triman logo and the associated sorting instructions shall be included on:

  • The product
  • THEpacking of product
  • The other documents supplied with the product, if it is not possible to indicate this on the product and its packaging.

The signage and associated instructions must be presented side by side.

Some exceptions exist:

  • When the surface of the largest side of a product or its packaging is less than 10 cm² and that no other documents are provided with the product, the signs and information may be displayed on a dematerialized medium, instead of appearing on the product or its packaging
  • When the surface of a product or packaging cylindrical or spherical is less than 20 cm² and that no other documents are provided with the product, the signs and information may be displayed on a dematerialized medium, instead of appearing on the product or its packaging
  • When the surface of the largest of the sides of a product or its packaging is included between 10 cm² and 20 cm²However, only the sorting setpoint can be displayed on a dematerialized medium. The Triman logo must appear on the product or packaging.
  • When the surface of a product or packaging cylindrical or spherical is included between 20 cm² and 40 cm²However, only the sorting setpoint can be displayed on a dematerialized medium. The Triman logo must appear on the product or packaging.

Companies concerned

Some PWR companies need to inform consumers environmental qualities and characteristics of products new subject to PWR that they manage.

The companies subject to this obligation are those which:

  • Have a turnover more than 10 million euro, for products subject to PWR only
  • And put on the market every year at least 10,000 units of products subject to PWR.

The information provided is intended to ensure better prevention and management of waste from the new products they manage.

This information must be made visible by marking, labeling, display of the product or by any other appropriate means in order to inform the consumer.

Data on environmental qualities and characteristics shall be made available to the public by electronic means (e.g. on the company's website), in a format that is easily reusable and can be used by an automated processing system in an aggregated format (e.g. a spreadsheet).

Warning  

Whatever the size of the company, it is prohibited to include on a product or packaging the entries ‘ biodegradable », « environmentally friendly or any other equivalent environmental claim.

All plastic products compostable in domestic or industrial composting must bear the words ‘ do not throw into the wild ».

Environmental qualities and characteristics

The environmental qualities and characteristics to be indicated differ according to the sector:

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Household packaging, printed paper and graphic paper

EPR products on the packaging used to market products consumed or used by households, the printed papers (except books), and papers for graphic use shall include the following information:

  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘predominantly recyclable packaging’, ‘fully recyclable product’, ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’ or ‘packaging which can be recycled into packaging of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.
  • For packaging only, incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘packaging containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • For packaging only, re-employment opportunities, i.e. the capacity of the packaging to be the subject of at least one 2e use for a use of the same kind as that for which it was designed, by the words ‘reusable packaging’ or ‘refillable packaging’.

Plastic packaging compostable in domestic or industrial composting must bear the words ‘ do not throw into the wild ».

Compostable packagings for home composting shall bear the following statement: ‘compostable packaging’. These packages must comply with specifications detailed in a arrested.

Plastic products and packaging whose compostability can only be obtained in an industrial unit may not bear this indication.

Construction products or materials

EPR products on the construction products or materials the building sector shall include the following information:

  • The use of renewable resources, for products subject to environmental statement (building construction and renovation)
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)

Mandatory particulars

EPR products on the electrical and electronic equipment shall include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • The gold, silver, platinum and palladium, expressed by mass, provided that greater than 1 milligram, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of precious metals’, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of gold, silver, platinum, palladium’
  • The presence of rare earths, expressed by mass, provided that greater than 1 milligram, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of rare earths’, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium’
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.
Reparability and durability indices

An index of repairability must be indicated at the time of sale of new electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). It's one out of 10.

It is replaced by a sustainability index for some EEE. One sheet dedicated to repair and durability indices details the regulations in force.

Batteries (Batteries and accumulators)

EPR products on the batteries (batteries and accumulators) shall include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Contents and Containers of Chemicals

EPR products on the contents and containers of chemicals which may pose a significant risk to health and the environment must include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Furniture

EPR products on the furnishing elements, the upholstered seating or sleeping products and the elements of textile decoration shall include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.
  • Up to 1er January 2026, mention of unit cost incurred for waste management product.

Clothing, shoes and household linen

EPR products on the new textile clothing, footwear or household linen intended for individuals and new textile products for the house must include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’, with the exception of leather goods
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Traceability, by the mention of the geographical indication of the country where each of the 3 main steps of manufacturing the product are carried out. These steps are, for shoes: The stitching ; the editing ; the finishing. For other products, these steps are: weaving ; the dyeing and theprinting ; the tailoring.
  • The presence of plastic microfiberswhere the proportion of synthetic fibers is greater than 50%, by the words “releases plastic microfibers into the environment during washing”
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Toys

EPR products on the toys shall include the following information:

  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Sports and leisure items

EPR products on the sports and leisure items shall include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

DIY and garden items

EPR products on the DIY and garden items shall include the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Motor vehicles

EPR products on the passenger cars, the vans, the motor vehicles 2- or 3-wheel and motor quadricycles shall contain the following information:

  • Incorporation of recycled material, measured as the overall proportion by mass of materials resulting from recycling, by ‘product containing at least [%] recycled material’
  • Recyclability, i.e. recycling capacity, by one of the following: ‘predominantly recyclable product’, ‘fully recyclable product’ or ‘product recyclable into a product of the same kind’. The eco-body to which the company has transferred its extended liability obligation shall be responsible for communicating the relevant statement to the company.
  • The gold, silver, platinum and palladium, expressed by mass, provided that greater than 1 milligram, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of precious metals’, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of gold, silver, platinum, palladium’
  • The presence of rare earths, expressed by mass, provided that greater than 1 milligram, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of rare earths’, or by the ‘contains at least [X milligrams] of scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium’
  • Presence of hazardous substances, for all those present in a concentration greater than 0.1% as a percentage by mass in a substance, mixture or article, by the words "contains a substance of very high concern" for substances covered by REACH or by the statement “contains a dangerous substance” for the substances indicated in the annex to that order. These statements are supplemented by the names of each of the substances present.

Please note

Other PWR sectors are not required to mention the environmental qualities and characteristics of their products.

Communication from the UDI

At the request of the buyer, companies selling EPR products must communicate the UDI under which the company is recorded which fulfills the extended producer responsibility obligations for that product.

Reminder

Companies selling PWR products are subject to the obligations of PWR companies mentioned in this sheet. This also applies to online sales platforms (marketplaces (marketplaces), distance selling or delivery of products, etc.).

Online sales platforms

The online sales platforms may not be subject to REP for the products they sell where a third party (e.g. the manufacturer of the product) has already fulfilled its obligations in respect of the same products. This payment may have taken place where the third party has made a financial contribution to an eco-body or has set up an individual scheme for these products, and has obtained a UDI.

For an online sales platform to benefit from this exemption, it must record the relevant supporting documents in a register made available, upon request, to the Ministry of the Environment.

This register shall contain:

  • The identification of the third party offering the product for sale using the electronic interface:
    • Its business name (or company name)
    • Its trade name or user name as communicated on the electronic interface
    • Its identifier provided by the electronic interface
    • Its place of establishment
    • Either his Intra-Community VAT number, or, if it does not, his Siren and Siret numbersor, for a company not established in France, its registration number with the tax authority of its country of residence.
  • Either the UDI of the sales platform when it is the company that manufactured the product, or the UDI of the manufacturer of the product and which has been communicated to the third party offering the product for sale
  • The quantities of EPR products sold by the third party through the electronic interface, by categories
  • Where the product is concerned, the arrangements for taking back used products put in place by the third party offering the product for sale.

Please note

At the request of an eco-body, the online platform shall provide it with the information corresponding to the quantities of EPR products, by categories, sold by the third party through the electronic interface.

Distributors of computer equipment must communicate free of charge to consumers of their products, during their use, alerts and advice on use or maintenance, maintenance or computer cleaning operations. This should be done to optimize their performance, including memory and storage management, in order to extend their lifespan.

Specific infringements

One administrative fine of a maximum amount of €30,000 may be required by the Minister of the Environment where the PWR company:

  • Does not have an UDI
  • Did not include in its mandatory information the UDI (that of the company or that of the third party that paid the financial contribution for the product it sells)
  • Does not contribute to an eco-organism and has not set up an individual system
  • Provided erroneous information.

Non-compliance with theaffixing the signage and the associated sorting setpoint shall be liable to fine administrative of an amount €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person.

Failure to comply with any of the obligations or prohibitions related to information on environmental characteristics products is liable to a fine administrative of an amount €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person.

Other offenses

In the event of non-compliance with any of the other obligations of the companies subject to the EPR, the company concerned shall notified by the Minister responsible for the environment of the facts alleged against her and the penalty she is liable to. The company may make written or oral submissions in a one month delay.

At the end of that period, the Minister responsible for the environment may make an order sanctions following:

  • Payment of a administrative fine of a maximum amount of €1,500 (natural person) or €7,500 (legal person) per unit or per ton of product concerned
  • Payment of a daily penalty payment of a maximum amount of €20,000 from a date fixed by the decision until the company situation has been regularized.

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