Press & media kit.

Resources for journalists, podcast hosts and trade publications writing about French and EU extended producer responsibility. Quotes, statistics and visual assets are free to use with credit to EPR Representative and a link to eprrepresentative.com.

What we comment on

• French EPR enforcement against foreign sellers
  Amazon France, Cdiscount and ManoMano deactivate non-compliant non-EU listings on a recurring quarterly basis. Concrete number of suspensions, recovery paths, and how law n° 2026-602 made the French representative compulsory.
• PPWR Article 45, what changes 12 August 2026
  EU Regulation 2025/40 makes the authorised representative obligation EU-wide for packaging EPR. We can comment on cross-border compliance footprint multiplication, per-Member-State costs, and the practical timeline.
• The compulsory French representative since 10 July 2026
  Law n° 2026-602 of 8 July 2026 created Article L. 541-10-9-1 of the Code de l’environnement: any producer not established in France and subject to EPR must appoint a representative established in France, by written mandate, for every stream. Why this changes how producers should structure their representative contracts. Plain-English legal commentary available.
• The 19 French EPR streams, operational reality
  Field-level commentary on Citeo, Refashion, Ecosystem (ex-Corepile), Ecomaison, Valobat and the other accredited eco-organisms. How brands with no French establishment navigate stream stacking, eco-modulation, and declarations.

How to reach us

For press queries, including same-day quotes on breaking French EPR news, send a one-line brief to contact@eprrepresentative.com or via the contact form. We reply in writing within one business day.