Amazon.fr and French EPR: the message you received, and what it asks
Direct answer: In Seller Central’s section titled “Account Health › EPR compliance” (as read on 12 October 2026), Amazon asks sellers shipping to France for four details: the country, whether the company is the producer, the French unique identifier per category (UIN, format FRxxxxxx_xx) and, for companies established outside France, the representative. This page sorts Amazon’s messages by situation: one page per message, saying what it means and what to enter. It is you who determine which categories your products fall under.
The number itself
- UIN format for France: FRxxxxxx_xx explained for Amazon
- UIN missing for France on Amazon: how to obtain one
- UIN invalid on Amazon (France): format, category, causes
- Validation failed for UIN (France) on Amazon: what to check
- UIN outdated for France on Amazon: what changes a number
- Several UIN numbers for France on Amazon: one per category
- WEEE registration number removed on Amazon (France)
- Add your producer registration number (France) on Amazon
- EPR registration number required (France): its source
One line per category
- France packaging EPR requirement on Amazon: what it means
- EEE / WEEE registration for France on Amazon: the number
- Batteries EPR for France on Amazon: the number per scheme
- Textiles EPR for France on Amazon: Refashion and the number
- Furniture EPR for France on Amazon: Ecomaison, Valdelia
- Toys EPR for France on Amazon: Ecomaison and the number
- Tyres EPR for France on Amazon: Aliapur, Tyval, FRP
- Paper EPR for France on Amazon: printed paper and the number
- EPR category not listed for France on Amazon: other schemes
Warnings and blocks
- Action required: French EPR compliance on Amazon, explained
- Account Health › EPR compliance (France): the four details
- Listing at risk for French EPR on Amazon: what it means
- New listing blocked for French EPR on Amazon: the gap
- Deadline notice for French EPR on Amazon: what it refers to
- Amazon e-mail about French EPR: what the four details are
Who is the producer, who represents
- Amazon's not-a-producer box for France: what it declares
- Supplier already registered in France: whose number is it?
- Authorised representative required (France) on Amazon
- EPR Pay on Behalf (France) on Amazon: what it covers
- Brand Registry and French EPR on Amazon: what is asked
- FBA shipments to France and EPR: the number per category
- Pan-EU listings and French EPR information on Amazon
What it publishes when the number is missing
- « En France, si vous ne fournissez pas à Amazon un numéro d'identification unique (UIN) valide, Amazon paiera par défaut les éco-contributions de la REP correspondantes aux Organisations de responsabilité des producteurs éligibles, en votre nom, et récupèrera ces montants auprès de vous. »
- « Debit your Amazon merchant account(s) ... the full amount of any such environmental eco-contributions paid on your behalf. »
- ...then sellers are asked to stop selling EPR Applicable Products on amazon.fr to customers with a shipping address in France.
Who pays the eco-contribution
- Amazon, par défaut si aucun UIN — « toutes les catégories de produits soumises à la REP en France » (annonce 2022)
- sell.amazon.fr : « 19 catégories différentes » — emballages et papiers déclarés comme une seule catégorie (un seul UIN)
About a representative established in France
Under French law, a producer with no establishment in France appoints a representative established in France (article L. 541-10-9-1). The same article says the obligation is deemed satisfied where a marketplace established in France sees to those obligations itself, for the products concerned, for the sales made through it, with written confirmation. It is you who determine whether that applies to you; this page does not say that a seller is exempt, nor that it is not.
Officiel Amazon (politique 2021 toujours publiée, page sell.amazon.fr, annonce Seller Forums 2022). Page d'aide Seller Central non lisible sans connexion — 2026-10-17
Sources
Amazon’s Seller Central help pages (read 12 October 2026); the French texts (article L. 541-10-9-1 of the Code de l’environnement); the public pages of the eco-organisations. Tariffs and dates are on the public register of FrenchEPR; no amount is shown here.
FAQ
Does an Amazon message mean I must register?
The message is Amazon’s screening; the French rule comes from the French texts, not from the marketplace. Which schemes your products fall under, and whether your company is the producer, is a determination you make from the texts; this site explains the screen and the rule, it does not decide your case.
Can one number fill every line?
No. Each French scheme has its own registration and its own identifier; each line expects the number of its scheme.
What is the representative line?
Since 10 July 2026 a producer established outside France may appoint, by written mandate, a representative established in France (article L. 541-10-9-1 of the Code de l’environnement); the representative registers in the producer’s name and obtains the identifiers. That is the service of UIN France.