🧭 Context
The regulatory monitoring conducted by Ecomaison aims to support members in understanding and implementing legislative and regulatory developments that impact the Furniture, Building, Toys, DIY, and Gardening sectors.
This system is essential for ensuring compliance for market players, distributors, and operators, while supporting the circular economy strategy and responsible waste management.
This guide helps anticipate changes, avoid sanctions, and optimize the operational management of EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) obligations, making it easier to access key information and practical tools.
📌 Objective
The main objective is to ensure regulatory compliance for members by providing the necessary guidelines to:
Properly display eco-participation and the unique identifier.
Implement TRIMAN sorting signage.
Organize the collection of used products.
Provide information on the environmental characteristics of products.
Comply with eco-design and prevention obligations.
📝 Webinar Summary – Regulatory Monitoring
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🏗 1. REP Building News
The Minister responsible for ecological transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, has initiated a reform of the REP Building sector, including a moratorium on certain provisions planned for 2025 and 2026.
National consultations are being organized to adapt the deployment to the sector's specifics.
Source: legifrance.gouv.fr
📝 2. Solutions to comply with the AGEC law
1. Displaying eco-participation for the furniture sector
Mandatory display for sales to professionals and individuals (Article R543-247 of the Environmental Code).
Eco-participation must be passed on identically throughout the supply chain.
Administrative fine for failure to display (Article L541-9-4).
Useful links:
2. Unique identifier
Registration of market players with ADEME and transmission of data related to the unique identifier via Ecomaison.
Mandatory display of the unique identifier for each sector in the GTC or other contractual documents, including on websites.
Publication of the list of registered entities and their identifiers by ADEME
3. TRIMAN sorting signage
Mandatory on packaging, products, or accompanying documents.
Exceptions for small products (surface < 10 cm² or 20 cm² for cylindrical/spherical products).
Fine up to €15,000 for missing signage.
4. Obligation to collect used products
Analysis by dedicated sales area for each sector.
Collection 1 for 1 or 1 for 0 depending on the area and turnover.
For the building sector: free collection for areas > 4,000 m².
Mandatory visible and accessible consumer information (Article R541-163).
Consumers must be clearly informed, before purchase, of collection methods in stores, whether in-boutique or when selling remotely.
5. Repair Fund (furniture, DIY and gardening sectors)
Mandatory to inform clients about the existence of a Repair Fund in a visible, legible, and easily accessible way regarding repairability options starting from July 1, 2024.
Available communication tools: Repair digital kit
For more information: Repair bonus
6. Ban on disposal of unsold non-food items
Principle of donating unsold items from distributors to reuse or solidarity associations.
Ecomaison intervenes after three different associations refuse the items, provided the product’s eco-participation fee has been paid.
🌱 3. Eco-design Obligations
Displaying environmental characteristics
AGEC law (art. 13): obligation to inform consumers about the environmental qualities of products (marking, labeling, displaying, etc.).
Prohibition of terms such as “biodegradable,” “environmentally friendly,” and equivalents.
Mandatory display on a dedicated online product sheet, including display of eco-participation bonuses and penalties.
Dedicated official FAQ: ecologie.gouv.fr
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Effective date | Application criteria (Revenue, units) | Affected sectors |
January 1, 2023 | >50M€ revenue, >25k units/year (cumulative for all concerned sectors) | Furniture |
January 1, 2024 | >20M€ revenue, >10k units/year (cumulative for all concerned sectors) | Furniture, ABJ, Toys, PMCB |
January 1, 2025 | >10M€ revenue, >10k units/year (cumulative for all concerned sectors) | Furniture, ABJ, Toys, PMCB |
Affected sectors starting from 2023: Household packaging, Printed papers, Electrical and electronic equipment, Batteries and accumulators, Chemical product content and containers, Furniture elements and textiles
Environmental characteristics and qualities to display:
Incorporation of recycled materials
Presence of dangerous substances (cf. REACH, SVHC)
Recyclability (5 cumulative conditions)
Use of renewable resources (mandatory for PMCB starting from 2024)
Bonuses and penalties (durability, recyclability, renewable resources)
Ecomaison recycling determination tool
Find our tool on Ecomaison’s website: Recyclability determination tool
📸 Ecomaison tool
Other available guides:
Prevention and eco-design plans
Article L. 541-10-12: mandatory plan to reduce the use of non-renewable resources, maximize recycled material incorporation, and increase recyclability.
Revision every 5 years.
Options: individual plan, common plan, attachment to the Ecomaison sectorial plan.
Tools are available online to assist you:
♻ 4. Public affairs, environment, and circular economy
Financial contribution modulation for recycled plastics
Draft order under public consultation (March-April 2025): consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Bonuses per ton based on the source of RMP (recycled plastic material): €450/T, €550/T, €1000/T
Application from January 1, 2026
CSRD Directive (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive)
Harmonization of corporate ESG sustainability reporting
Progressive application:
2025: large companies (>500 employees, >40M€ revenue, >20M€ balance)
2026: companies >250 employees
2027: listed SMEs (excluding micro-enterprises)
National transposition by December 31, 2025
Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
📚 Important details to know
Application thresholds for displaying environmental characteristics: €10M revenue and >10k units
Environmental characteristics to display: incorporation of recycled materials, presence of hazardous substances (REACH, SVHC), recyclability, use of renewable resources.
Recyclability determination tool available on Ecomaison’s website.
Bonuses and penalties: durability, recyclability, use of sustainably managed renewable resources.
Prevention and eco-design plans: three priority axes (reduction of non-renewable resources, incorporation of recycled materials, recyclability).
Mandatory environmental declaration for building products, to be updated with any significant change.
List of members and identifiers published by ADEME.
FAQ and practical guides available online.
⚠ Areas of concern
Sanction risks for failing to display eco-participation or TRIMAN sorting signage.
Exclusions and special cases to carefully identify (product surface, cylindrical/spherical products, mixed products).
Penalties: administrative fines, publication of offenders, compliance refusals.
Practical advice: ensure GTC updates, use Ecomaison tools, and regularly consult FAQs and guides.
🕒 Key milestones
Mandatory display of eco-participation for furniture
August 25, 2024: implementation of sorting signage for textile decoration.
December 15, 2022: implementation of sorting signage for furniture and bedding.
December 6, 2023: implementation of sorting signage for toys and DIY/Gardening articles.
September 28, 2024: implementation of sorting signage for building (PMCB).
July 1, 2024: mandatory information on the Repair Fund.
Mandatory display of environmental characteristics for market players
Annual revenue > 10M€ and > 10k units placed on the market (furniture, ABJ, toys, PMCB)
🔗 Useful links
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