EPR requirements — FR battery

Registration

Required

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

claim: ac-fr-batt-001

Authorised representative

Required

Why: 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

claim: ac-fr-batt-002

PRO membership

Required

Why: 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

claim: ac-fr-batt-003

Reporting

Required

Why: 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

claim: ac-fr-batt-004

Marketplace verification

Enforced

Why: is required — for non-EU sellers on Amazon France / Cdiscount / etc. — must provide the battery IDU (ADEME SYDEREP) in their seller central; the platform routinely validates the UIN and may remove/block listings lacking a valid number

Legal basis: France battery EPR — marketplace verification + AGEC law platform guarantee duty (separate from packaging stream UIN)

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

claim: ac-fr-batt-005

Fulfilment pause risk

conditional

Why: 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: 德国法国电池法,德国法国电池法合规要求 — French battery EPR fine tier: up to EUR 1,500 per day per infraction · France battery EPR — marketplace verification + AGEC law platform guarantee duty (separate from packaging stream UIN)

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

claim: ac-fr-batt-006

Enforcement fine

up_to_1500_per_day

Why: is up to EUR 1,500 per day per infraction — for non-compliant producers under Code de l'environnement L. 541-10 + L. 541-9-5 + Art 55 Battery Regulation 2023/1542; cumulative daily exposure until compliant; market sale restriction/prohibition; recall of defective products; back-payment of eco-contributions + late-fee penalties

Legal basis: 德国法国电池法,德国法国电池法合规要求 — French battery EPR fine tier: up to EUR 1,500 per day per infraction

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

claim: ac-fr-batt-007