Country action sheet
France
IDU, packaging streams, and declarationsAuthorised representative
EU seller: AR required- Seller established outside the EU
- Required
Reporting volume
PPWR: report from any volume- Current France route
- First unit
What changes here
France uses national EPR identifiers and stream-specific reporting routes. Household packaging, professional packaging, and other EPR streams must be assessed separately because they do not automatically share one registration, scheme, or declaration process.
Country workflow
How smbf.me handles this market
- 01Identify the stream
Separate household, professional, and any other relevant EPR categories.
- 02Check identifiers and representation
Confirm the IDU, eco-organisation route, and mandataire requirement.
- 03Prepare the declaration
Map packaging data to the current scheme and retain submission evidence.
Primary evidence
Official law and authority pages
- Environmental Code, Article L541-10-13 — IDU and reportingLégifrance (opens in a new window)
- Environmental Code, Article L541-10-9-1 — mandataireLégifrance (opens in a new window)
- The unique identifier for EPR streamsADEME (opens in a new window)
- Household packaging and graphic paperMinistry (opens in a new window)
- Professional packaging EPROADEME (opens in a new window)
- EPRO operational launch announcementMinistry (opens in a new window)
Source-linked rules
What the local route covers
- 01
The Identifiant Unique, or IDU, is issued within the national EPR framework and relates to a particular EPR stream; it is not one universal EU registration number.
- 02
A producer may need to register in SYDEREP, join an approved eco-organisation or operate an individual system, and submit the data required for the relevant stream.
- 03
A person that is subject to French EPR and is not established in France must appoint, by written mandate, a France-established mandataire. First confirm that the person and stream are in scope and whether the deemed-satisfaction rule applies.