Is the Triman logo required across the whole EU?

No. The Triman is a French national marking required for products placed on the French market. Other EU countries have their own labelling rules. A product compliant elsewhere can still fail French requirements if it lacks the Triman where one is needed.

Do I need the Triman if I sell into France from another country?

Generally yes. The obligation falls on whoever places the product on the French market, which for a cross-border seller shipping into France is often you. It applies to product and packaging categories covered by French EPR schemes.

What is the difference between the Triman and the Info-tri?

The Triman is the figure-with-three-arrows pictogram signalling that an item is subject to sorting. The Info-tri is the accompanying sorting note that tells consumers how to dispose of each component. Under the AGEC law they must appear together.

Where does the Triman have to appear?

On the product, its packaging, or the label, so that it reaches the French consumer. For very small items or limited space, France permits a dematerialised (digital) form in some cases, but the consumer must still be informed.

Glossary

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The Triman is a mandatory French recycling marking — a small pictogram of a figure surrounded by three arrows — that must appear on most consumer products and their packaging sold in France. It signals that the item is subject to sorting rules, and under the AGEC law it must be accompanied by a sorting note (Info-tri) telling consumers how to dispose of each component.

Last updated: June 2026

Key facts

The Triman is a French national marking, not an EU-wide one — it is required for goods placed on the French market regardless of where the seller is based.
Since the AGEC law, the Triman must be paired with a sorting note (the "Info-tri") that explains how to separate and dispose of the product and its packaging.
It applies to most products and packaging covered by an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme in France, including household packaging, textiles, electricals, furniture and more.
The logo and sorting note can appear on the product, its packaging, the label, or — in limited cases — in dematerialised form, but they must reach the French consumer.

What the Triman marking is

The Triman is a French regulatory symbol introduced to tell consumers that a product or its packaging is recyclable and must not be thrown into general waste. The pictogram shows a stylised human figure with three curved arrows, and on its own it simply means "this item is subject to sorting instructions". It is part of France’s long-standing push to improve recycling rates and reduce waste sent to landfill or incineration.

Crucially, the Triman is a domestic French requirement rather than a harmonised EU mark. A product can be perfectly compliant elsewhere in the EU and still fail French rules if it lacks the Triman where one is required. This is one of the marketplace-compliance traps that catches cross-border sellers who treat the EU as a single regulatory block.

Triman and the Info-tri sorting note

Under the AGEC law, the Triman logo no longer stands alone. It must be displayed together with a sorting note known as the Info-tri (signalétique d’information sur le tri). The Info-tri breaks the item into its components — for example the cardboard sleeve, the plastic film and the glass jar — and tells the consumer which bin or stream each part belongs in.

The combined Triman-plus-Info-tri marking is what makes a product compliant. Displaying the figure-with-arrows pictogram without the accompanying sorting instructions does not meet the current requirement. The exact layout, wording and bin colours are defined by French implementing rules, and the relevant EPR eco-organisation (such as CITEO for household packaging) publishes the approved formats.

For very small items or where physical space is limited, France allows the marking to appear in a dematerialised (digital or online) form in some cases, but the obligation to inform the French consumer remains. Sellers cannot simply omit it because the packaging is small.

Who has to display the Triman

The obligation falls on the party that places the product on the French market — typically the producer, importer, or the first seller into France. For a cross-border marketplace seller shipping into France, that responsibility often lands on you, because you are the one introducing the goods to the French consumer.

The Triman applies to product categories governed by a French EPR scheme, which is broad: household packaging, graphic paper, textiles and footwear, electrical and electronic equipment, furniture, batteries, tyres and more. Each of these is tied to an eco-organisation, and being registered and paying eco-contributions to that scheme is a separate but closely related obligation. The Triman is the consumer-facing label; the EPR registration is the back-office compliance behind it.

Example

A UK skincare brand selling a boxed serum to French customers via a marketplace must show the Triman logo plus an Info-tri note that, for example, tells the buyer to put the cardboard box in the recycling and the glass bottle in the glass collection. Missing this marking can put the listing out of compliance with French AGEC requirements even if the product is fine to sell elsewhere in the EU.

Why it matters for marketplace sellers

If you ship physical goods to French buyers, the Triman is a French-specific requirement you must meet even when you are based outside France and compliant in other EU countries.
The Triman is paired with French EPR registration: you generally need to be enrolled with the relevant eco-organisation and pay eco-contributions for the categories you sell.
Marketplaces selling into France increasingly ask for proof of EPR registration and correct environmental labelling before letting listings go live.
Getting the Info-tri sorting note right (correct components, correct bins) is part of the requirement — the logo alone is not enough under the AGEC law.