EPR schemes: PROs warn of growing complexity. What about producers?
The announcement is striking: France's main producer responsibility organisations (PROs), from Citeo to Refashion, including Ecosystem and Ecologic, have published a joint statement warning about threats to the EPR model. This rare signal illustrates the growing tension in an ecosystem where obligations keep multiplying without always fitting together.
EPR governance under pressure
Created to make producers responsible for the end of life of their products, EPR (extended producer responsibility) has grown significantly since the AGEC law. But today, PROs are pointing to:
- Governance that is increasingly hard to follow, between the ministry, ADEME (the French environment agency), local authorities, and regulators.
- Successive reforms carried out without consultation, such as local EPR schemes or environmental labelling.
- A short-term strategy that undermines the clarity of industrial investment.
The result: disorganised schemes, soaring costs, and producers struggling to keep up.
Complexity that penalises producers
From textiles to toys, from furniture to construction, all EPR schemes are affected. Operational challenges keep piling up: unstable fee scales, inconsistent declaration formats, lack of traceability. The risk? A loss of trust in the system and a gradual disengagement of businesses.
Producers, meanwhile, are caught in a bind: increasing compliance requirements on one side, and limited means to effectively manage all their EPR obligations on the other.
Automate, track, anticipate: the CompliancR response
At CompliancR, we share the PROs' assessment: complexity is real, but it should not be an obstacle. This is exactly the purpose of our AI platform: turning a regulatory constraint into an operational advantage.
Our solution allows producers to:
- Centralise their multi-scheme obligations in one place.
- Automatically calculate eco-contributions from their product catalogue.
- Generate declarations that comply with each PRO's requirements.
- Track regulatory changes in real time, without risk of oversight or error.
The future of EPR is being decided now
PROs are calling for a 10-year roadmap. In the meantime, producers must deal with daily realities: declarations with multiple deadlines, audits, stricter traceability, penalties for non-compliance...
More than ever, having a reliable, automated tool aligned with PRO requirements is becoming essential.
CompliancR helps you regain control over EPR complexity. Try our solution today and automate your declarations, whatever the scheme.