FRcenv/L541-10-13Enacted

France Code de l'environnement — Extended Producer Responsibility (REP) provision

Jurisdiction:: France
Type:: EPR · Recycled Content · Labeling
Last action:: Jan 1, 2022

Plastic PackagingPaper PackagingGlassMetalsElectronicsBatteriesPaintCarpetMattressesTiresVehiclesConstructionFurnitureUsed OilPharmaceuticalsSolar PanelsTextilesOther

What this law has produced

268,161 t collected of 833,000 t sold = 32% (law demands 60% by 2028)

textile collection rate vs. a 60% legal target for 2028

France's Code de l'environnement EPR provisions require producers to register, obtain a unique identifier, and fund producer-responsibility organizations that collect and recycle their products. Under the textile scheme, the PRO Refashion helped collect 268,161 metric tons of roughly 833,000 tons placed on the market in 2023 — a 32% collection rate, well short of the 60% the law demands by 2028. The system has also strained sorters and recyclers: complaints about inadequate support forced France in early 2025 to inject about $58 million in emergency aid, making this a mixed/underperforming outcome rather than a clear success.

Produced by a program the law funds or incentivizesAs of Dec 31, 2023Source: Trellis (citing Refashion) ↗

Next steps for producers

Confirm your obligations with Citeo (packaging & paper éco-organisme) and track its implementing rules

Applies toProducers subject to the extended producer responsibility principle pursuant to Article L. 541-10 of the French Code de l'environnement

Obligations under this law

·Register with the administrative authority and obtain a unique identifier
·Transmit annually to the administrative authority, for each covered product category: proof of membership in an eco-organism or creation of an individual system
·Transmit annually: data on products placed on the market, including the rate of incorporation of recycled material in those products

Citeo (packaging & paper éco-organisme) →

No designated program action is recorded for this measure yet — treat the above as the general obligation and verify against the source text.

Article L541-10-13 operationalizes France's EPR framework by mandating producer registration, annual reporting on recycled-content incorporation, waste management data, and quantitative/qualitative prevention targets—directly advancing EPR implementation and recycled-content transparency across all product categories subject to REP.

Covered Products

·All product categories subject to extended producer responsibility under Article L. 541-10 of the French Code de l'environnement

Producer Obligations

·Register with the administrative authority and obtain a unique identifier
·Transmit annually to the administrative authority, for each covered product category: proof of membership in an eco-organism or creation of an individual system
·Transmit annually: data on products placed on the market, including the rate of incorporation of recycled material in those products
·Transmit annually: data on waste management arising from those products, specifying material flows where applicable
·Transmit annually: data relevant to monitoring and determining quantitative and qualitative waste prevention and management objectives

Key Deadlines

—registration: Producers must register with the administrative authority and obtain a unique identifier; no specific deadline date provided

—reporting: Annual transmission of required data and documentation to the administrative authority; no specific calendar date provided

Producer Definition

Producers subject to the extended producer responsibility principle pursuant to Article L. 541-10 of the French Code de l'environnement

Enforcement

Autorité administrative (administrative authority):

Preemption Notes

This is a national French provision; it applies uniformly across France and does not present inter-jurisdictional preemption risk within the French legal framework. Producers operating across EU member states should note alignment with EU EPR frameworks.

Compliance Dimensions

Recycled-Content MinimumsMinimum recycled-content required

“Les données sur les produits mis sur le marché, y compris le taux d'incorporation de matière recyclée dans ces produits”

PRO StructureCompetitive Pros

“Le justificatif de leur adhésion à un éco-organisme ou de la création d'un système individuel”

Tracking dates like these across a whole portfolio of jurisdictions is what Upcoming Deadlines does.

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Full bill text

Les producteurs soumis au principe de responsabilité élargie du producteur en application de l'article L. 541-10 s'enregistrent auprès de l'autorité administrative, qui leur délivre un identifiant unique. Ils transmettent annuellement à l'autorité administrative, pour chaque catégorie de produits relevant de cette responsabilité élargie : 1° Le justificatif de leur adhésion à un éco-organisme ou de la création d'un système individuel ; 2° Les données sur les produits mis sur le marché, y compris le taux d'incorporation de matière recyclée dans ces produits ; 3° Les données sur la gestion des déchets issus de ces produits en précisant, le cas échéant, les flux de matières ; 4° Les données pertinentes pour suivre et déterminer les objectifs quantitatifs et qualitatifs de prévention et de gestion des déchets. Les producteurs concernés peuvent procéder à cette transmission par l'intermédiaire de leur éco-organisme. L'autorité administrative publie la liste des producteurs enregistrés ainsi que leur identifiant unique.

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