French EPR category guide
French tyre EPR guidance for manufacturers, importers and sellers, including registration, IDU numbers, product classification and declarations.
Category overview
French tyre EPR applies to businesses that manufacture, import or first place covered tyres on the French market, including certain products supplied with tyres already fitted. The applicable category, quantity and producer role must be established before registration and reporting.
EPR scope is product-specific. A product can fall under several streams, and its packaging may create an additional obligation. Confirm the current official scope before placing products on the French market.
Scope assessment
These examples are a starting point, not a substitute for checking the detailed legal and eco-organization nomenclature.
Tyres fitted to electrical equipment, toys, sport and leisure articles, or DIY and garden articles are excluded from the tyre stream and should be assessed under the relevant product stream.
A vehicle supplied with tyres can create both vehicle and tyre obligations, with batteries, oils and packaging assessed separately.
Tyre category, dimensions, intended use and new or retreaded status can affect reporting and eco-contributions.
Compliance roadmap
Registration is only one part of compliance. Product classification, declarations, records and post-registration duties must remain aligned.
Map each product against the official stream definitions. Review function, materials, intended user, sales channel, components and packaging instead of relying only on customs codes or catalogue labels.
Establish who first places the product on the French market. Depending on the supply chain, this may be a manufacturer, importer, private-label seller, distance seller or marketplace.
Most producers join an approved eco-organization. An approved individual system may be possible, but it carries direct operational, collection, treatment and reporting responsibilities.
Complete the relevant onboarding, provide company and product information and obtain the unique identifier for this EPR stream. Each applicable stream can issue a separate IDU.
Submit products first placed on the French market using the required units, weights and category codes. Eco-contributions are normally calculated from these declarations.
Keep auditable records, renew declarations, monitor fee schedules and eco-modulation, and apply any stream-specific sorting, take-back, consumer-information or prevention obligations.
Declaration readiness
Reliable source data reduces classification errors and makes recurring declarations easier to audit. Keep the calculation method and source records alongside every submitted return.
Declaration periods, category codes, fee scales and minimum contributions vary by eco-organization and stream. Confirm the current member guide before calculating a return.
Number and weight of tyres placed on the market
Tyre category, dimensions and intended vehicle or equipment use
New, retreaded, used or fitted status
Brand, sales channel and first-placement date
Material or technical evidence needed for applicable eco-modulation
Supplier evidence, internal calculations and copies of submitted declarations
Cross-stream review
EPR categories overlap by design. Assess the complete product, incorporated components, accessories, printed inserts and packaging.
Common questions
They can. A business first placing a covered vehicle with tyres on the French market may need to account for both the vehicle and its tyres. The supply chain and relevant reporting categories should be reviewed before registration.
No. Tyres fitted to EEE, toys, sport and leisure products, or DIY and garden articles are excluded from this stream. The host product's EPR category must be checked instead.
No. The IDU is stream-specific. A company covered by several streams can hold several unique identifiers and must maintain the registration and declarations for each one.
It may need to register when it directly places covered products on the French market, including through distance sales. The answer depends on the contractual chain, customer and role of any importer or marketplace.
Category assessment
We can review your products, identify overlapping streams and prepare the information needed for French registration and IDU applications.
This page provides general information and is not legal advice. Product scope, approved schemes, fees and reporting rules can change. Confirm the rules that apply when your products are placed on the French market.
