Citeo Soin & Hygiène authorized representative
for sellers without a French entity.
Citeo Soin & Hygiène is the eco-organism for single-use sanitary textiles (textiles sanitaires à usage unique, TSUU): wet wipes, cotton pads and similar disposable hygiene products. The stream operates under the cahier des charges set by the arrêté of 20 December 2024.
The scheme funds the prevention, collection and treatment of single-use wipes and sanitary textiles, which are a significant source of litter and sewer-network clogging. Producers adhere, declare the tonnage and units placed on the French market, and pay an eco-contribution modulated to encourage more sustainable and less polluting products.
Any company placing single-use wipes or sanitary textiles on the French market, whether established in France, elsewhere in the EU, or outside the EU. This covers cosmetic and cleaning wipes, baby wipes and comparable disposables sold under your brand. The trigger is the first placement on the French market, not the seller location.
- A US personal-care brand selling packs of wet wipes on Amazon FR
- A Chinese manufacturer of baby wipes supplying French retailers
- A UK cosmetics brand shipping make-up remover pads to French consumers
What we do for the Citeo Soin & Hygiène stream specifically.
We act as your French authorized representative under Article 8a §5 of Directive 2008/98/EC for the wipes (TSUU) stream. We sign the adherence on your behalf, obtain your IDU through ADEME SYDEREP, file the declarations; the eco-contribution itself is set by the eco-organism on its published schedule, and we take no percentage on it. Producer status stays with you; the obligations covered by the mandate are carried by us.
Need to register with Citeo Soin & Hygiène without a French entity?
We sign the Citeo Soin & Hygiène adherence in your name, obtain your IDU from ADEME in 2 to 3 weeks, and file your declarations. Fixed annual fee from €190/year excl. VAT per stream, confirmed in a written quote within one business day.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who has to join Citeo Soin & Hygiène?
- Any producer placing products covered by Single-use sanitary textiles (TSUU) on the French market, whatever the country it is established in, with no minimum volume. The producer is the first company placing the goods on that market: for a distance sale to a French consumer, that is the seller, not the carrier and not the marketplace.
- Can I join Citeo Soin & Hygiène without a French company?
- Not directly. A producer with no establishment in France goes through a France-established mandataire, compulsory since 10 July 2026 under Article L. 541-10-9-1 of the Code de l'environnement. The representative signs the membership in the producer's name, then ADEME publishes the IDU within 2 to 3 weeks.
- What does Citeo Soin & Hygiène membership cost?
- Two separate amounts. The membership fee runs from EUR 0 to 450 a year depending on the stream. The eco-contribution depends on what you place on the market and follows Citeo Soin & Hygiène's published schedule. We take no percentage and no margin on either of them.
- What do I declare once I have joined?
- The volumes you placed on the market the previous year, in the unit that stream uses, on Citeo Soin & Hygiène's own calendar. That declaration sets the eco-contribution you owe. A producer joining late regularises the earlier years in which it placed products on the market.