Etsy and the French EPR number: what to provide, how to get it
Direct answer: Etsy informs sellers shipping to France that French extended producer responsibility applies per product category and may ask for a French registration number; the number is the French unique identifier, FRxxxxxx_xx, one per category. Small sellers often sell handmade goods in their own packaging: packaging is then the first category to look at. A seller established abroad obtains the number through an authorised representative established in France, under mandate. It is you who determine which categories apply.
What Etsy publishes for its sellers
Etsy's seller help describes the French extended producer responsibility obligations of sellers shipping to France and the registration number that producers hold. Its wording and its screens are Etsy's and prevail over this page. The French side is the same as for every channel: one registration per category, one identifier per category, a representative established in France for a producer established abroad.
The categories an Etsy seller meets
Packaging almost always; then textiles for clothing and accessories, furniture for small furniture, toys for handmade toys, paper for printed stationery sold as such, electrical equipment for lamps and electronics. The reference page lists the categories and their eco-organisations; each category page gives the criteria.
What a representative does for an Etsy seller
Under mandate, REP·Pro joins the eco-organisation of each category you tick, obtains the identifiers and files the declarations from your volumes. Eco-contributions are re-invoiced at cost; the plan is the only fee, from one category.
What MyEPR gives you for this channel
A representative established in France named in a written mandate, the registration with the eco-organisation of each category you tick, the unique identifier per category as soon as it is issued, the declarations filed from your volumes. The identifier is what you enter in the channel's compliance screen; the mandate is what you show if the channel asks who represents you in France. Plans from €29 a month, 12-month plan, no setup fee. Pricing · How it works.
FAQ
I sell a few hundred handmade items a year. Does EPR apply to me?
French schemes apply to products and packaging placed on the French market, with simplified declarations for small volumes in most eco-organisations' scales. Whether your activity falls under a scheme is a determination you make from the texts; this site gives the criteria, and the plan starts at one category.
Does Etsy declare for me?
Etsy's seller help describes what Etsy does and does not do for French EPR; it prevails over this page. Holding your own registration gives you a number valid for all your channels.
Where do I get the number?
From a registration with the eco-organisation of each category; a producer established abroad can appoint a representative established in France. MyEPR registers you for the categories you tick and forwards each identifier when issued.