Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) authorized representative
for sellers without a French entity.
Corepile was the main French eco-organism for portable batteries and accumulators from 2003 to 2025. In summer 2025, Corepile was absorbed by Ecosystem, which now handles all new adhesions for portable batteries alongside its WEEE business.
Historically, Corepile ran the take-back network for used portable batteries in France: collection bins in supermarkets, electronics retailers, and public facilities. Since the 2025 merger, Ecosystem operates this network under a unified contract that also covers WEEE.
Any company placing batteries on the French market, either as standalone products (a pack of AAs) or embedded in another product (a wireless mouse, a power tool, a vape), now adheres to Ecosystem or to Batribox. The embedded battery counts separately from the WEEE stream even though both adhesions can sit with the same eco-organism since the merger. The second approved eco-organism for portable batteries is Batribox, which now operates the take-back scheme formerly run by Screlec.
- A US wireless headphone brand with rechargeable lithium-ion cells
- A Chinese e-cigarette brand selling vape kits in France
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What we do for the Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) stream specifically.
We adhere on your behalf to Ecosystem under the unified contract that absorbs the legacy Corepile portable-battery activity, file the battery-specific declarations (per chemistry: alkaline, lithium-ion, nickel-cadmium); the eco-contribution itself is set by the eco-organism on its published schedule, and we take no percentage on it. We also reconcile the embedded-battery declarations with your WEEE declaration to avoid double-counting.
Need to register with Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) without a French entity?
We sign the Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) 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 Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025)?
- Any producer placing products covered by Portable batteries and accumulators 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 Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) 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 Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) 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 Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025)'s published schedule. We take no percentage and no margin on either of them.
- Is Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025) the only option?
- No. On Portable batteries and accumulators, Ecosystem, Screlec and Batribox are also state-accredited. Joining any one of them satisfies the obligation, and the choice belongs to the producer. They differ on their published schedule, their declaration format and their eco-modulations, not on the legal cover they provide.
- 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 Corepile (merged into Ecosystem in 2025)'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.