EU PPWR
The French term for an accredited producer responsibility organisation, licensed by the state to collect EPR fees for a defined waste stream.
France operates its EPR system through eco-organismes: private, non-profit bodies accredited by the state for a defined stream such as household packaging, paper, textiles or electricals. CITEO is the dominant eco-organisme for household packaging and paper.
Accreditation comes with a cahier des charges, a specification that sets recycling targets, eco-modulation rules and reporting obligations. This is why French fee schedules change more often than most: the specification is renegotiated on a fixed cycle and bonuses and penalties are recalibrated with it.
Producers without a French establishment must either register through an authorised representative or, for marketplace sales, rely on the marketplace assuming the obligation. The Unique Identification Number issued on registration must be provided to commercial partners and marketplaces on request.
A collective scheme that producers join to discharge their EPR obligations, handling registration, reporting infrastructure, fee collection and recycling contracts.
A locally established entity appointed to carry a foreign producer's EPR obligations in a market where the producer has no establishment.
France's mandatory sorting logo and accompanying sorting instructions, required on consumer packaging placed on the French market.
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