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French EPR registration for textiles, household linen and footwear

France's TLC EPR stream covers qualifying new clothing textiles, household linen and footwear placed on the French market. The exact Refashion nomenclature matters because product function, material, intended user and specialist use can move a borderline item into another stream or outside TLC.

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From €99 / stream / year
  • Refashion registration and UIN/IDU support
  • Annual declaration preparation and evidence tracking
  • Catalogue-boundary review for mixed ranges

Prices exclude VAT and the eco-contributions you pay to the eco-organisms.

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Who it concerns

  • Fashion brands and manufacturers supplying covered products in France.
  • Importers, private-label distributors and foreign ecommerce sellers.
  • Marketplaces and third-party sellers that need their own French TLC UIN/IDU.
  • Businesses regularising earlier French textile sales or adding a new product range.

How we help

We review the catalogue against the current TLC perimeter, confirm the producer entity, complete the Refashion onboarding and contract steps, support the declaration and eco-contribution process, and retain the UIN/IDU and evidence. We flag products that need separate analysis rather than forcing every textile item into the same category.

What's included

  • TLC catalogue and nomenclature review
  • Producer-entity and activity-start review
  • Refashion registration and contract support
  • UIN/IDU collection and entity matching
  • Annual declaration data checklist and calendar
  • Registration, declaration and marketplace evidence stored in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE

What to prepare

Documents and source data

  • Company registration, brand and producer-role evidence
  • French activity start date and sales channels
  • Product catalogue mapped to the current Refashion nomenclature
  • Units placed on the French market by product code
  • Earlier Refashion contracts, declarations or UIN/IDU, if any

Process

A controlled path from review to evidence

  1. 1

    Review the TLC perimeter

    Separate covered clothing, household linen and footwear from specialist, professional or cross-stream products.

  2. 2

    Confirm the producer and history

    Match the brand, import or direct-sales model and activity start date to the entity that must register.

  3. 3

    Complete Refashion onboarding

    Prepare the registration, contract and any historic regularisation required for the file.

  4. 4

    Declare and retain the IDU

    Map units to the current nomenclature, support the annual declaration and store the identifier and contribution evidence.

Practical scenario

Example: an online range combines clothing and home accessories

Shirts, ordinary footwear and qualifying bed linen can follow TLC, while decorative furnishing textiles or electronically integrated products may require another stream. The catalogue is split before the Refashion declaration is prepared.

Official sources

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Use these primary sources to confirm the current rule and authority process for your facts.

Questions

Which products are in the French TLC stream?
The core families are new clothing textiles, household linen and footwear. The current Refashion nomenclature and product facts control borderline items and exclusions.
Are foreign online sellers concerned?
Yes, a foreign seller can be the producer when it places covered products on the French market, including through a marketplace. The entity and sales route still need to be checked.
Can you regularise earlier years?
Refashion provides a regularisation process for earlier activity. The periods and data required depend on the activity start date and the producer's existing compliance history.

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