FRcenv/L541-10-12Enacted

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

Jurisdiction:: France
Type:: EPR · Recycled Content · Labeling
Last action:: Feb 12, 2020

Plastic PackagingPaper PackagingGlassMetalsElectronicsBatteriesTextilesOther

What this law has produced

single-use plastic packaging +3% since 2018 (target: −20% by 2025)

rise in single-use plastic packaging tonnage since 2018, against a legislated 20% reduction target

Article L541-10-12 of France's Code de l'environnement obliges producers to write and implement five-year prevention and eco-design plans meant to cut non-renewable resource use, raise recycled content, and increase recyclability — the producer-side engine of France's '3R' (reduce/reuse/recycle) strategy under the AGEC anti-waste law. The flagship prevention target was a 20% reduction in single-use plastic packaging by 2025 versus 2018. Mid-term monitoring found the opposite: single-use plastic packaging tonnage rose by roughly 3% since 2018, missing the −20% goal, and France separately recycled only about 23% of household plastic packaging against a 40% target. No follow-on French law has yet reversed this prevention shortfall.

Associated with the law (correlation)As of Dec 31, 2021Source: Packaging Insights (citing Zero Waste France) ↗

Next steps for producers

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

Applies toAny producer ('producteur') as defined by reference to Article L. 541-10-1 of the French Code de l'environnement

Obligations under this law

·Develop and implement a prevention and ecodesign plan ('plan de prévention et d'écoconception') aimed at reducing the use of non-renewable resources, increasing the use of recycled materials, and increasing the recyclability of products in treatment facilities located on French national territory
·Revise the plan every five years
·Include in the plan a review/assessment ('bilan') of the previous plan

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.

Mandatory EPR provision requiring producers to develop and implement 5-year prevention and ecodesign plans targeting reduction of non-renewable resources, increased recycled-content use, and enhanced recyclability—core EPR stewardship obligations under France's Code de l'environnement.

Covered Products

·Products subject to extended producer responsibility under Article L. 541-10-1 of the French Code de l'environnement

Producer Obligations

·Develop and implement a prevention and ecodesign plan ('plan de prévention et d'écoconception') aimed at reducing the use of non-renewable resources, increasing the use of recycled materials, and increasing the recyclability of products in treatment facilities located on French national territory
·Revise the plan every five years
·Include in the plan a review/assessment ('bilan') of the previous plan
·Define objectives and prevention/ecodesign actions to be implemented over the following five years
·Submit individual or joint plans to the eco-organism ('éco-organisme') set up by producers
·Plans may be individual or shared among several producers

Key Deadlines

—compliance: Plan must be developed and implemented; no specific initial deadline date stated in the text

—reporting: Plan must be revised every five years; no specific calendar date stated

Producer Definition

Any producer ('producteur') as defined by reference to Article L. 541-10-1 of the French Code de l'environnement

Compliance Dimensions

Recycled-Content MinimumsMinimum recycled-content required

“d'accroître l'utilisation de matières recyclées”

PRO StructureSingle Pro

“L'éco-organisme mis en place par les producteurs peut élaborer un plan commun à l'ensemble de ses adhérents. Les plans individuels et communs sont transmis à l'éco-organisme mis en place par les producteurs, qui en publie une synthèse accessible au public, après présentation à l'instance représentative des parties prenantes de la filière.”

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Full bill text

Tout producteur mentionné à l'article L. 541-10-1 est tenu d'élaborer et de mettre en œuvre un plan de prévention et d'écoconception ayant pour objectif de réduire l'usage de ressources non renouvelables, d'accroître l'utilisation de matières recyclées et d'accroître la recyclabilité de ses produits dans les installations de traitement situées sur le territoire national. Ce plan est révisé tous les cinq ans. Il peut être individuel ou commun à plusieurs producteurs. Il comporte un bilan du plan précédent et définit les objectifs et les actions de prévention et d'écoconception qui seront mises en œuvre par le producteur durant les cinq années à venir. L'éco-organisme mis en place par les producteurs peut élaborer un plan commun à l'ensemble de ses adhérents. Les plans individuels et communs sont transmis à l'éco-organisme mis en place par les producteurs, qui en publie une synthèse accessible au public, après présentation à l'instance représentative des parties prenantes de la filière.

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