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What is Extended Producer Responsibility (R.E.P）？

Extended Producer Responsibility is an environmental policy that makes the party that first offers for sale in the country a product subject to Extended Producer Responsibility requirements (also known as « Producer » under Extended Producer Responsibility) responsible for the entire life cycle of the products it markets, from their design to their end of life (including the collection and take back of products). waste). Under Extended Producer Responsibility regulations, responsible entities must mitigate the impact of their products on the environment throughout their life cycle.

Am I a Producer?

Please note that Producer is not an equivalent of a manufacturer. The Producer is the party who first places a product subject to EPR requirements (EPR product categories detailed below) in the country (France or Germany). You can be considered as a “Producer” if any of the below options apply to you:

For specific requirements for each package, see the country-specific information section below.

What do I need to do?

If you are a Producer of products subject to the Extended Producer Responsibility requirements

you will be obliged to provide your EPR registration number(s) to Amazon. See below the categories of products in the scope of EPR requirements for France and Germany for which you need to provide EPR registration number(s) to Amazon.

If you are a Producer and you do not have a registration number (s)

you are required to register to obtain it. You will have to contact the respective Producer Responsibility Organization for each EPR product category to obtain the EPR registration number(s). Refer to respective country sections below for detailed instructions on how to register.

If you are not a Producer but you sell product(s) subject to EPR requirements

you need to obtain the applicable EPR registration number(s) from your upstream supplier and provide Amazon with this EPR registration number(s) in respect of the product as proof of compliance.

If you are not a Producer but you cannot obtain the registration number(s) for the R streams.E.P concerned with your upstream supplier

you are required to register and provide Amazon with your own EPR registration number(s).

What are EPR product categories?

Below are the categories of products in the scope of EPR obligations [for France and Germany] for which you need to provide EPR registration number(s) to Amazon.

	EPR Category	France	Germany
1	Packaging	*	*
2	Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE)	*	*
3	Batteries¹	*	*
4	Furniture	*
5	Tires	*
6	Paper	*
7	Textile	*
8	Chemicals	*
9	Medical Piercing Equipment for Auto-treatment	*

^1.Battery obligation in Germany: If you offer an EEE product containing a battery, you have to register for both EEE and Battery.

What does it mean to be EPR compliant?

If you are the Producer or you need to register because you cannot obtain the applicable EPR registration number(s) from your upstream supplier, follow this high-level description of the steps you need to take to become EPR compliant.

Step 1: Registration

Registration is a one-time process to obtain the EPR registration number(s) needed to prove compliance with EPR requirements.
Once you receive the EPR registration number(s), you will need to communicate it to Amazon as proof of compliance.
- For Germany, please follow the link to the EPR Compliance portal in Seller central to upload the EPR Registration Number(s): EPR Compliance Portal Germany
- For France, Amazon will share the link to upload the EPR Registration Number(s) during the course of January 2022.

Step 2: Declaration and Reporting

You must declare your sales (of products covered by the different EPR categories) to the respective Producer Responsibility Organization for the applicable reporting period.

Step 3: Payment

You must pay eco-contributions to the relevant Producer Responsibility Organization(s). The eco-contributions are defined by the Producer Responsibility Organizations depending on the EPR product category and device type (e.g. refrigerator, baby clothing, chair), product attributes (e.g. packaging material, materials of furniture) and number and/or weight of units sold.