EPR requirements — FR battery

Registration

Required

Why: FR battery registration is required — for producers under Battery Regulation Art 3(47)(a)-(d) before first placing batteries on the French market; registered in ADEME SYDEREP with an IDU issued after joining an éco-organisme (Ecosystem or Batribox).

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — Article 3(47) definition of 'producer' (battery stream)

Corroborating sources: ecosystem (éco-organisme agréé) — couvre la collecte de piles et batteries; opérateur dominant post-fusion Corepile 2025

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Authorised representative

Required

Why: FR battery EPR authorised representative (AR / mandataire REP) is required — for producers without French establishment selling directly to FR end users (Battery Regulation Art 56(3) + Code de l'environnement L. 541-10-9-1 from LOI 2026-602).

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — Article 56 (extended producer responsibility) and Article 57(1) (producer responsibility organisation)

Corroborating sources: Code de l'environnement — LOI n° 2026-602 du 8 juillet 2026 creating Art. L. 541-10-9-1: mandatory French AR for all EPR streams (battery included)

Effective from 2026-07-10 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

PRO membership

Required

Why: FR battery PRO / éco-organisme membership is required — for producers to fulfil French battery EPR — must join an agréé éco-organisme (Ecosystem or Batribox) before placing batteries; membership contracts the producer's EPR obligations to the éco-organisme in exchange for payment of eco-contribution.

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — Article 55 (register of producers) and Article 96(2)(c) (Chapter VIII applicable from 18 August 2025)

Corroborating sources: Batribox — The eco-organization of all batteries (former Screlec, rebranded January 2025; approved by arrêté 27 March 2025) · ecosystem (éco-organisme agréé) — couvre la collecte de piles et batteries; opérateur dominant post-fusion Corepile 2025

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Reporting

Required

Why: FR battery reporting to éco-organisme + ADEME is required — for producers — quarterly/annual declarations of weights by chemistry category + units of devices containing batteries; eco-contribution payment follows (Ecosystem/Batribox scale per kg per chemistry, not per unit).

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — Article 56 (extended producer responsibility) and Article 57(1) (producer responsibility organisation)

Corroborating sources: Batribox — The eco-organization of all batteries (former Screlec, rebranded January 2025; approved by arrêté 27 March 2025) · ecosystem (éco-organisme agréé) — couvre la collecte de piles et batteries; opérateur dominant post-fusion Corepile 2025

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Marketplace verification

Required by law

Why: FR battery marketplace verification must verify battery producer registration (IDU) before/while listing — French law requires marketplaces/distributors to verify the producer's registration before allowing battery listings (platform guarantee duty under AGEC L. 541-10 framework). Platform enforcement behaviour (routine UIN validation, listing removal/blocking) is separately tracked — see note; no first-party platform source is bound, so it is NOT asserted as a verified national fact.

Legal basis: Batribox (official) — battery UIN/IDU issuance via SYDEREP; AGEC L. 541-10 platform guarantee duty framework

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: medium

Fulfilment pause risk

Conditional

Why: FR battery market sale restriction + administrative product stop creates market sale stop + administrative withdrawal risk — for non-compliant producers — Code de l'environnement L. 541-10 + L. 541-9-5 enables autorité administrative to issue market-sale restriction orders; EU Battery Regulation Art 55(2) makes registration a market-access precondition.

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — Article 55 (register of producers) and Article 96(2)(c) (Chapter VIII applicable from 18 August 2025)

Corroborating sources: Batribox (official) — battery UIN/IDU issuance via SYDEREP; AGEC L. 541-10 platform guarantee duty framework

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Enforcement fine

Several penalty provisions

Layer: FR battery enforcement fines

Why: FR battery enforcement fines is subject to administrative fines up to €1,500 (natural person) / €7,500 (legal person) per unit or per tonne of non-compliant product — under Code de l'environnement Art. L. 541-9-5 (inserted by AGEC law 2020-105), with a separate additional fine up to €30,000 for registration/UIN failures — NOT a single €1,500/day figure.

Legal basis: LOI n° 2020-105 (AGEC) — Code de l'environnement Article L. 541-9-5 (administrative fine grid, verbatim)

Corroborating sources: Ecomaison FAQ Prevention & eco-design plan (June 2025) — L.541-9-5 daily penalty (astreinte) up to €20,000

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Layer: FR battery enforcement — daily coercive penalty (astreinte journalière)

Why: FR battery enforcement — daily coercive penalty (astreinte journalière) may reach up to €20,000 per day until the producer complies — under Code de l'environnement Art. L. 541-9-5 (AGEC 2020-105) — the Minister may order a daily penalty running from a date fixed in the decision; separate and additional to the per-unit/per-tonne fines of ac-fr-batt-007 and the €30,000 registration fine of ac-fr-batt-010.

Legal basis: Ecomaison FAQ Prevention & eco-design plan (June 2025) — L.541-9-5 daily penalty (astreinte) up to €20,000

Corroborating sources: LOI n° 2020-105 (AGEC) — Code de l'environnement Article L. 541-9-5 (administrative fine grid, verbatim)

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high

Layer: FR battery enforcement — registration / UIN administrative fine

Why: FR battery enforcement — registration / UIN administrative fine is up to €30,000 per breach episode — under Code de l'environnement Art. L. 541-9-5 (AGEC 2020-105) where the producer is not registered on the tracking register (SYDEREP / IDU), supplied erroneous data, or failed to display its unique identifier — a ceiling per breach episode, additional to the per-unit/per-tonne fines (ac-fr-batt-007) and the daily astreinte (ac-fr-batt-009).

Legal basis: LOI n° 2020-105 (AGEC) — Code de l'environnement Article L. 541-9-5 (administrative fine grid, verbatim)

Effective from 2025-08-18 · Evidence layer: national · Confidence: high