Selling textiles in France? Loi AGEC, the French anti-waste law, the AGEC law in English, sets what you must show on every product: the Triman logo, sorting instructions and, for clothing, an environmental score. Since 1 January 2022 you may not destroy unsold stock either. It applies to any brand selling in France, wherever it is based.
Key takeaways
France first, EU next: AGEC, in force since 2020, is the national law whose labelling, repairability and scoring rules ESPR and PPWR are now copying EU-wide.
Triman and Info-tri: every product under a French EPR scheme carries the Triman logo and sorting instructions since 1 January 2022.
No destruction of unsold goods: since 1 January 2022, for every non-food product under EPR. Donate, reuse or recycle instead.
Ultra fast-fashion penalties: a malus of up to 50% of the selling price from September 2026, and an advertising ban from January 2027.
Environmental score for clothing: Decree 2022-748 sets the method. Durability, recyclability and microfibre release feed the score.
What is Loi AGEC?
Loi n° 2020-105 of 10 February 2020 is the anti-waste law for a circular economy. It is France's national framework for what a product must disclose and what may not be thrown away. It has applied in phases since 2021, with the biggest step on 1 January 2022.
The AGEC law does four things a brand meets directly. It phases out single-use plastics. It requires recyclability and repairability information at the point of sale. It bans destroying unsold non-food goods. For textiles it adds origin, recycled content and hazardous-substance disclosure. It binds whoever places the product on the French market.
It touches the same fields as the coming Textile Labelling Regulation revision and the ESPR passport, so AGEC data collected now is passport data. It is one of the EU product rules in these guides, the only national one.
Where Loi AGEC stands
In force. Triman, Info-tri and the destruction ban apply since 1 January 2022. The durability index is replacing the repairability index category by category since January 2025. The ultra fast-fashion malus starts in September 2026 and the advertising ban in January 2027; the environmental score for clothing is being rolled out under Decree 2022-748. We update this paragraph when a date moves.
Consumer information: The environmental display and Decree 2022-748
Article 2 of AGEC requires clear, harmonised environmental information at the point of sale. For clothing that is an environmental display, a score that tells the buyer the product's impact before they pay.
Terms to know · EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility)
A policy principle requiring producers to take financial and operational responsibility for the end-of-life management of their products, including collection, sorting, and recycling.
A score on clothing, footwear and textile products sold in France, calculated by the method in Decree n° 2022-748 and its orders. It covers the whole life of the product: materials, manufacturing, transport, distribution, end of life.
The pilot framework is in force. The mandatory date for clothing follows the final implementing order.
Collect the lifecycle data per style: fibre composition, country of manufacture, dyeing and finishing, durability tests, recyclability, microfibre shedding. The official method turns that into the score.
The French score is the forerunner of the EU Product Environmental Footprint approach. A brand that can score a garment in France today has the data ESPR will ask for later.
What the AGEC law requires
Four requirement blocks follow, each with its date and the evidence that proves it: single-use plastics, Triman and Info-tri, the destruction ban, and the repairability and durability indexes.
Single-use plastic: phased out by 2040
AGEC sets a binding target: no single-use plastic packaging on the French market from 1 January 2040. It gets there through "3R" objectives, reduce, reuse, recycle, set in five-year cycles by decree.
Milestones since 2021. Straws, cutlery and polystyrene food containers have been banned since 1 January 2021; plastic packaging on fruit and vegetables under 1.5 kg since 1 January 2022.
List every single-use plastic format you use. Plan the move to reusable, recyclable or compostable alternatives, and report reuse rates if your EPR scheme asks.
The 2040 target covers single-use plastic packaging placed on the French market, imported or made in France. The intermediate targets are set by decree every five years.
Environmental labelling, recycling information and traceability data
Every product under an EPR scheme carries the Triman logo, which says the product is to be sorted, and the Info-tri, which says how. The Info-tri is a pictogram or text per separable component.
Since 1 January 2022, for every product under a French EPR scheme: packaging, textiles, furniture, electronics and more.
Put the Triman and the correct Info-tri on the product, its packaging, or behind a QR code. The Info-tri names each separable part and its disposal stream.
Material composition per component, the EPR scheme registration, and the sorting stream for each part, validated with the scheme: Citeo for packaging, Refashion for textiles.
PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40, brings harmonised EU sorting labels from August 2028, which will replace the Triman. Until then the Triman and Info-tri remain the law in France.
Ban on destroying unsold goods
AGEC bans incinerating or landfilling unsold non-food products under an EPR scheme: textiles, clothing, footwear, electronics, furniture, hygiene products and more. Unsold stock is donated, reused, repurposed or recycled instead.
Since 1 January 2022 for products under an EPR scheme, extended to more categories on 1 January 2024.
Know your unsold stock per style and where it goes. Line up the donation, recycling or upcycling partners, and keep the proof of each disposal for an audit.
Fines up to 15,000 EUR per breach for a natural person and 75,000 EUR for a company, and an order to stop the destruction at once.
Repairability and durability indexes: a score on the product
France introduced the first mandatory repairability index in January 2021: a score from 0 to 10 for certain electrical and electronic products, across documentation, disassembly, spare-part availability, spare-part price and product-specific criteria. Since January 2025 a broader durability index is replacing it, adding reliability and upgradability.
The repairability index has applied since 1 January 2021 to smartphones, laptops, TVs, washing machines and lawn mowers. The durability index started on 1 January 2025 for the first categories.
Calculate the score, show it at the point of sale in store and online, give the breakdown to any consumer who asks, and send score and data to the authorities.
Repairability Index
- Documentation availability
- Ease of disassembly
- Spare part availability
- Spare part pricing
- Product-specific criteria
Durability Index
- All repairability criteria
- Reliability and robustness
- Upgradability and modularity
The indexes apply to electrical and electronic products today, and the law lets the government extend them to new categories. The method is feeding the EU approach under ESPR.
The AGEC law for textile and fashion brands
If you sell clothing or footwear in France, AGEC reaches you three times: the Triman, Info-tri and destruction ban that apply already, the ultra fast-fashion penalties from 2026, and the environmental score. What that looks like on a garment is on the apparel page.
The ultra fast-fashion penalties
In 2024 France legislated against ultra fast-fashion, the first country to do so. Loi n° 2024-356 defines it by volume and price thresholds and sets three penalties:
Environmental cost display
The environmental cost of the product shown at the point of sale, before purchase.
Financial malus per item
A malus of up to 50% of the selling price on ultra fast-fashion products.
Advertising ban
A ban on advertising ultra fast-fashion products in France, across digital, print, outdoor and influencer channels.
Bonus reparation for textiles
The "bonus réparation", run by Refashion, the textile EPR body, pays a consumer 6 to 25 EUR per repair at a participating shop, funded by the industry's EPR contributions. A product designed to be repaired costs its owner less to keep.
Environmental scoring for clothing
The environmental score, set out above, is expected to count fibre type, country of manufacture, durability tests, recyclability and microfibre release during washing. A better score means a lower EPR contribution.
Loi AGEC timeline and deadlines
Most of AGEC already applies. The dates still ahead for a textile brand are the ultra fast-fashion malus, the advertising ban and the environmental score; the table shows each with what it asks for.
Destruction ban and Triman/Info-tri
Ban on destroying unsold EPR-covered goods enters into force. Triman logo and Info-tri sorting instructions become mandatory on all EPR products.
Reusable tableware for dine-in
Fast food restaurants serving more than 20 customers must provide reusable tableware, cups, and cutlery for dine-in meals.
Bio-waste sorting for all
All households and businesses must have access to bio-waste sorting solutions. The destruction ban extends to additional product categories.
Durability index rollout
The durability index begins replacing the repairability index for the first product categories (starting with washing machines and smartphones).
Environmental labelling for clothing
Voluntary environmental display starts for clothing and footwear sold in France; the mandatory date follows the implementing order. Brands must display environmental scores at the point of sale.
Financial malus on ultra fast-fashion
Eco-modulated financial penalty of up to 50% of selling price applied to ultra fast-fashion products sold in France.
Advertising ban for ultra fast-fashion
Total prohibition on advertising for ultra fast-fashion products across all media channels in France.
Zero single-use plastic packaging
France's binding target to eliminate all single-use plastic packaging from the market.
Loi AGEC and the Digital Product Passport
AGEC asks for the same data a Digital Product Passport carries: fibre composition, country of manufacture, durability, recyclability, sorting instructions, and what happened to the unsold stock. The passport is where that data lives once and is shown many times.
- The environmental score from lifecycle data: fibre, origin and durability tests per style, in the Decree 2022-748 method, with the inputs kept for an audit.
- Triman and Info-tri per SKU: the sorting instructions validated against the EPR scheme before the product reaches the shelf.
- Unsold stock, tracked to its exit: the evidence trail from warehouse to donation or recycling that the authority asks for.
- EPR contributions from product data: Refashion and Citeo declarations built from the same record, eco-modulation included.
- The fast-fashion thresholds checked: volumes and price points set against the criteria before the malus or the advertising ban applies.
Brands running a compliance programme in Tappr hold this per product already; the French declaration is retrieved from the record, not assembled from spreadsheets in the week before it is due.
Loi AGEC questions, answered
What is the AGEC law?
Does AGEC apply to non-French brands selling into France?
Does the AGEC law apply to textiles?
How does AGEC relate to the EU's ESPR and PPWR?
What qualifies as ultra fast-fashion under French law?
Official sources
All claims, guidelines, and compliance frameworks in this guide are drawn directly from the following official legislative acts, decrees, and institutional resources:
- Loi n 2020-105 du 10 fevrier 2020 relative a la lutte contre le gaspillage et a l'economie circulaire (Loi AGEC)
- Decret n 2022-748 du 29 avril 2022 relatif a l'information du consommateur sur les qualites et caracteristiques environnementales des produits generateurs de dechets
- Ministere de la Transition ecologique: Loi anti-gaspillage pour une economie circulaire (overview)
- Loi n 2024-356 du 18 avril 2024 visant a reduire l'impact environnemental de l'industrie textile (ultra fast-fashion law)
- Ministere de la Transition ecologique: Indice de reparabilite