Citeo

Citeo collects an eco-contribution from every producer whose products end up in French household waste streams. The money funds curbside collection, sorting centres, and recycling research across France. As a producer you adhere to Citeo, declare your annual tonnages, and pay accordingly.

Any company that places packaged consumer goods on the French market, whether shipped from France, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, or anywhere else. The trigger is the first placement on the French market, not the seller location.

We act as your French authorized representative under Article 8a §5 of Directive 2008/98/EC. We sign the Citeo adherence contract on your behalf, obtain your IDU through ADEME SYDEREP, file your annual 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.

• A US Amazon FBA seller shipping cosmetics in cardboard boxes to French consumers
• A Chinese electronics brand using Shopify with French-bound polybag packaging
• A UK gift shop sending direct-to-consumer parcels into France post-Brexit