French EPR compliance,
designed for China-based sellers.
Chinese manufacturers and exporters shipping to French consumers, whether through Amazon FR, AliExpress, TikTok Shop, or independent Shopify stores, have to designate a French EPR authorized representative. We are that representative, with full English-language documentation suitable for export compliance teams in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yiwu, Shanghai, and across mainland China.
When the obligation kicks in.
Same trigger as for US or UK sellers: first placement of products on the French market. The trigger applies whether you sell direct to French consumers, ship to French Amazon FBA warehouses, or use a French fulfilment partner. Country of manufacture and country of incorporation do not exempt the obligation.
Appointing a representative is no longer optional.
Law n° 2026-602 of 8 July 2026 created Article L. 541-10-9-1 of the French Environment Code, in force on 10 July 2026. Any person with no establishment in France who is subject to Extended Producer Responsibility must appoint, by written mandate, a natural or legal person established in France, and that representative is subrogated into the EPR obligations for which it accepts the mandate. Until that date the appointment was an option; it is now a statutory obligation, and it covers all 19 French EPR streams rather than packaging alone.
Two consequences matter for China-based sellers. The test is establishment in France, not nationality and not EU membership, so nothing about your home jurisdiction exempts you. And if you already hold a French eco-organism membership with no representative recorded on the file, it no longer satisfies the statute on its own: a representative has to be appointed and the mandate registered with each eco-organism. That is a file update rather than a re-registration, so the IDU does not have to be lost.
Our breakdown of law n° 2026-602 sets out the scope, the three conditions of the mandate, how it reaches online marketplaces, and the regularisation path.
Three enforcement pressures.
Chinese sellers are over-represented in Amazon France suspension notices because the platform applies the EPR verification rules indistinctly to all sellers. A missing French IDU stops your listing, regardless of your sales volume or your Amazon health score elsewhere. We handle the suspension recovery path: emergency adherence, proof of registration in 48 to 72 hours, listing reinstatement.
Marketplaces and storefronts.
Chinese sellers reach French consumers primarily through Amazon FR (the dominant channel), but also AliExpress (for the producer-to-consumer model), TikTok Shop (rapidly growing), Shopify (for established brands), and Cdiscount (for higher-volume sellers). Each marketplace verifies your French IDU; we provide it in the format each platform expects.
- A Shenzhen electronics brand selling earbuds on Amazon FR FBA
- A Guangzhou fast-fashion seller on TikTok Shop with French language listings
- A Yiwu small-goods exporter shipping container loads to French distributors
- A Shanghai-based established brand using a French Shopify store with EUR pricing
The streams China-based sellers most often need.
Household packaging
Required for any product sold to French consumers in packaging (boxes, polybags, fillers, bottles, jars).
Stream details →Electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Required for any product with a plug, battery, cable or electronic component sold to French consumers.
Stream details →Textile, household linen and footwear (TLC)
Required for any apparel, linen or footwear product shipped to French consumers.
Stream details →Furniture (DEA)
Required for any item of furniture, mattress or bedding shipped to French consumers, plus most home decor.
Stream details →Portable batteries and accumulators
Required for standalone portable batteries, plus rechargeable cells embedded in any device.
Stream details →Toys
Required for any toy intended for use by children under 14, shipped to French consumers.
Stream details →China-specific questions.
- Do you speak Chinese?
- Our service operates in English (and French). For Chinese-language support, we can pair you with a translator on call during onboarding. The French eco-organisms accept only French or English documentation, so the working language with regulators is necessarily one of these two.
- Can my Chinese trading company sign the mandate, or does it have to be the manufacturing entity?
- Whichever entity is the producer for the French market signs the mandate. If your trading company is the seller of record on Amazon FR, that entity signs. If your manufacturing entity ships directly, that one signs.
- I already have a German Verpackungsregister (LUCID) number. Does that cover France?
- No. France has its own system (IDU through ADEME), separate from Germany. You need a French French registration for each French EPR stream that applies to your products.
- Established and registered in France
- No percentage on your eco-contributions or membership fees
- All 19 French EPR streams covered
- Statutory subrogation (law n° 2026-602, Art. L. 541-10-9-1)
Representative cases we handle
Anonymized examples of real mandates and scoping. Each producer sells into France without a French entity. (Named references available on request, with client consent.)
PC-hardware brand selling its own products D2C into France (cases, coolers, power supplies).
Scope: household packaging (Citeo or Léko) + WEEE (Ecosystem or Ecologic). We handle the adhesions, the IDU on ADEME SYDEREP and the declarations.
Automotive-parts seller shipping to French consumers from an EU warehouse.
Scope: consumer packaging. We act as the authorized representative for the packaging stream and file on their behalf.
Gardening and outdoor brand selling packaged goods into France via marketplaces.
Scope: packaging, with a scope check on WEEE for the powered items. Registration built to satisfy marketplace UIN requests.
Post-Brexit micro-brand with no French entity, shipping small orders into France.
Scope: packaging (cardboard, paper, compostable). Flat-fee regime mandate, kept proportionate to their volumes.
Multi-brand retailer preparing its entry into the French market.
Scope: multi-stream mapping across packaging, WEEE and batteries, sequenced so listings go live compliant.
Electronics seller with battery-powered products, no French establishment.
Scope: batteries (Batribox or Ecosystem) + WEEE. We compare eco-organisms on the real product mix and register with the best fit.