Shopify and French EPR: no marketplace asks, the law applies the same way
Direct answer: A store on Shopify, WooCommerce or another platform has no marketplace compliance screen, so nobody asks the seller for a French EPR number. The French schemes apply the same way: the one who first places a product and its packaging on the French market is the producer, per category. A seller established abroad can appoint an authorised representative established in France, who registers it with the eco-organisations and obtains the identifiers. It is you who determine which categories your products fall under.
Own store, same schemes
The French schemes are defined by the product and by who first places it on the French market, not by where it is sold. A brand in Germany selling through its own Shopify store to French customers places on the French market the product, its packaging, and the shipping box; the same brand on Amazon.fr places the same things. The difference is that Amazon asks for a number and Shopify does not. The registration, the identifier and the declaration are identical.
What to register
The categories your products fall under, which you determine from the texts and the eco-organisations' guides: packaging for almost every store, then electrical equipment, textiles, furniture, toys, batteries and the rest as your catalogue goes. The reference page lists the categories and their eco-organisations.
What a representative does for a store owner
Under mandate, REP·Pro joins the eco-organisation of each category you tick, obtains the identifiers, files the declarations from your volumes and remains your contact in France. The eco-contributions are the eco-organisation's and are re-invoiced at cost; the plan is the only fee. If you later open a marketplace channel, the identifiers are the same.
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
Nobody asks me for a number. Why register?
Because the French schemes apply to the products placed on the French market, not to the channel. The marketplaces' screens are only where the number becomes visible. Whether your company is a producer under the texts is a determination you make; this site gives the criteria and the service.
Shopify Markets collects French VAT. Does it handle EPR?
Shopify's tax tools concern VAT and duties; extended producer responsibility is a separate registration with the French eco-organisations, outside Shopify's tools. Shopify's own documentation is the reference for what its tools do.
Do I need the Triman marking on my packaging?
French sorting-information rules apply to household packaging placed on the French market; the eco-organisation provides the marking files to its members. We forward them; applying them is your decision.