There are many steps to follow to be EPR compliant in France, and they are sometimes complex.

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You are a Producer in the sense of the EPR and must therefore participate financially in the end-of-life treatment of your products.

Here are the different steps to follow to be compliant:

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1. Identification of products subject to EPR

• List of products: The first step is to determine whether your products are affected by an EPR Scheme. You can find the complete list on the ADEME website.
• Identification of EPR Schemes: Each product subject to EPR is linked to a specific Scheme. It is important to identify the EPR Scheme corresponding to your products.

Warning! A single product can be linked to several Schemes. For example, a watch involves you in 3 Schemes: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) for the watch itself, Batteries (PA) for the battery supplied with the watch, and finally Household Packaging (EMBM) for any instructions and packaging used to ship your item.

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2. Membership of the Producer Representative Organisations to which your products belong:

• Choice of a Producer Representative Organisation: You must choose the approved Producer Representative Organisation(s) for the EPR Schemes to which your products are subject. The list of approved Producer Representative Organisations is available on the ADEME website.
• Obtaining a Unique Identification Number: At the end of your membership (as many memberships as you have EPR Schemes), you will receive a Unique Digital Identifier (UIN) per Scheme. This identifier, a real sesame to be able to continue to market your products on French territory, must appear on your contractual documents and in your legal notices on your merchant site.

Warning!

* Some Schemes may be managed by several Producer Representative Organisations.

* Some Producer Representative Organisations may manage several Schemes

* The operating rules are specific to each Producer Representative Organisation

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​3. Declaration of products placed on the market and payment of eco-contributions:

• Data transmission: Each year, you must send information to the Producer Representative Organisations you depend on regarding the products you place on the market. This information concerns in particular the quantity of products placed on the market, the type of packaging, the materials used, enabling the Producer Representative Organisations to calculate your eco-contributions‍
• EPR Contributions: Each year, you must pay these eco-participations to the various Producer Representative Organisations. These eco-contributions finance the prevention and management of waste from your end-of-life products. The amount of eco-participation, also called scales, are reviewed each year by the Producer Representative Organisations and calculated according to several criteria, such as the type of product, the quantity placed on the market and the actual costs of recycling and reuse.‍
• Compliance with contractual obligations: You must comply with the contractual obligations defined in your membership contract with the Producer Representative Organisation. These obligations may relate to the implementation of prevention actions, communication on EPR to your customers, etc.

4. Audits and penalties:

• Controls by the authorities: Producers may be subject to controls by the competent authorities in order to verify their compliance with EPR obligations.
• Penalties in the event of non-compliance: In the event of non-compliance, producers may be subject to administrative penalties, such as fines.

In addition to these general rules, it is important to keep informed of the regulatory developments specific to each EPR Scheme. You can find more information on the websites of the Producer Representative Organisations and ADEME.

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• Detecting the Schemes concerned by each of your products, as well as the associated scale
• Membership of Producer Representative Organisations and recovery of your UINs
• Processing your declarations of products placed on the market each year to the Producer Representative Organisations and paying your eco-contributions
• Tracking your periodic declarations via your personalized calendar and sending deadline notifications.
• Up-to-date information on all your EPR obligations related to the display and labeling of your products.

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