Quick answer: Textile EPR covers clothing, footwear and household textiles, including workwear and uniforms. France already runs an established scheme that issues a UIN Amazon.fr sellers must provide, and other EU countries are introducing their own. Identify your textile ASINs, register where schemes are live, enter the number in Seller Central and budget for the volume-based eco-contribution.
Packaging, electricals and batteries are not the only products with Extended Producer Responsibility. Textiles are now in scope too — France already runs a dedicated scheme, and the rest of the EU is moving the same way. If you sell clothing, footwear, or household linen on Amazon, here is what is coming and how to prepare.
What textile EPR covers
Textile EPR typically applies to clothing, footwear and household textiles (bed, bath and table linen). As the party placing these goods on the market, you register with the national scheme, pay an eco-contribution scaled to what you sell, and report your volumes — the same producer-pays principle behind packaging and WEEE.
France is first — and Amazon checks it
France’s textile scheme is the most established, issuing a Unique Identification Number (UIN) for the textile stream. If you sell apparel on Amazon.fr, expect to provide that number. France has the broadest EPR footprint in the EU, so it is usually where textile obligations bite first.
The rest of the EU is following
Other member states are introducing or preparing textile EPR schemes, and EU-level rules are pushing separate textile collection and producer responsibility across the bloc. If apparel is a core part of your catalogue, treat multi-country textile EPR as a question of “when”, not “if”, and build it into your expansion planning.
What sellers should do now
Identify which of your ASINs are textiles, confirm which marketplaces you sell them in, and register where schemes are live (starting with France). Enter the number in Seller Central, keep your volume declarations current, and factor the eco-contribution into your margins. If you also sell in other EU marketplaces, monitor each for its own textile timeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which products count as textiles for EPR?
Generally clothing, footwear and household textiles such as bed, bath and table linen. Check each national scheme for its exact category list.
Is textile EPR live everywhere in the EU?
Not yet. France runs the most established scheme; other member states are introducing or preparing their own, so coverage is expanding.
I only sell workwear — does this apply?
Yes. Workwear and uniforms are clothing and fall within textile EPR where a scheme exists, just like consumer apparel.
How much does textile EPR cost?
It is an eco-contribution scaled to the volume and type of what you place on the market, plus registration. Low-volume sellers pay proportionally less.
Not sure what your catalogue needs across the EU? Book a free consultation. This is general guidance, not legal advice.