Alcome authorized representative
for non-EU sellers in France.
Alcome is the approved French eco-organism for the tobacco (TABAC) stream, which targets the litter caused by cigarette butts. Its agrément follows the arrêté of 23 November 2022.
Alcome funds and supports local authorities in reducing and cleaning up cigarette-butt litter: street ashtrays, awareness campaigns and cleaning support across French municipalities. Producers adhere, declare the filtered tobacco products they place on the French market, and pay an eco-contribution funding these actions.
Any company placing filtered tobacco products on the French market, whether established in France, elsewhere in the EU, or outside the EU: manufacturers and importers of cigarettes and comparable products with plastic-containing filters. The trigger is the first placement on the French market, not the seller location.
- An importer bringing a foreign cigarette brand to the French market
- A tobacco producer outside the EU supplying French distributors
- An EU manufacturer of filtered tobacco products without a French establishment
What we do for the Alcome stream specifically.
We act as your French authorized representative under Article 8a §5 of Directive 2008/98/EC for the tobacco stream. We sign the Alcome adherence on your behalf, obtain your IDU through ADEME SYDEREP, file the declarations and pay the eco-contribution. You stay the producer; we handle the paperwork.
Need to register with Alcome without a French entity?
We sign the Alcome adherence in your name, obtain your IDU from ADEME in 2 to 3 weeks, and file your declarations. Written quote within 24 hours, published pricing from €690 setup + €249/mo per stream.
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