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Each country's own number, wherever Amazon stores the stock: LUCID in Germany, an IDU per category in France, ENV in Spain, the CONAI number in Italy.
By Razvan Toma · Founder · Last checked 29 October 2026 · Sources below
Each country's own number, wherever Amazon stores the stock. EPR follows the country where the customer receives the goods, not the warehouse. With Pan-European FBA you are the producer in each country you sell into, and Amazon asks for that country's registration. A number from one country is not accepted in another.
| Country | What Amazon asks for | Where it comes from | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Your 13-digit LUCID registration number, which starts with DE | ZSVR's LUCID register (free), plus a dual-system licence for your packaging | Amazon and LUCID |
| France | One IDU per EPR category: household packaging, plus textiles, electrical equipment, furniture or toys where they apply | The eco-organisme you join for each stream registers you; ADEME publishes the IDU | Amazon.fr and the IDU |
| Spain | Your ENV number, in the form ENV/year/nine digits | MITECO's producer register (RPP), after a Spanish NIF and scheme membership | Amazon Spain and the ENV number |
| Italy | Your CONAI number, not your partita IVA or codice fiscale | CONAI membership | Which number for Amazon.it |
| Other countries | Each has its own register and scheme | National law in each country | We confirm each country before you start |
Stock in a German, Polish or Czech fulfilment centre does not make you established there, and it does not move your obligations to that country. What counts is where the customer receives the parcel: that country's register, scheme and number apply.
In France and Italy Amazon offers Pay on Behalf, which pays the contributions on the Amazon units it covers. It gives you no registration number in your name. In Italy Amazon asks for your CONAI number even if you use Pay on Behalf. See does Amazon's EPR service cover my own website?
Each register works on its own timing. Germany's public LUCID register updates once a day, so a check on the day you register can fail and pass the next day. In Spain, MITECO issues the ENV number the moment the registration is filed. When a number is rejected, the usual causes are the same everywhere: a typo, the number entered for the wrong country or category, or a legal name that differs from the registration. The local guides go through each case: Germany, France, Spain.
| Marketplace | Number Amazon asks for | Where it comes from | If rejected, check | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.de | LUCID number (packaging); WEEE and battery numbers are separate | Your own LUCID registration with the ZSVR | Legal name and VAT number match LUCID; the register updates once a day | Germany |
| Amazon.fr | One IDU per EPR category (Amazon calls it the UIN) | Each eco-organisme you join, through a French representative | The IDU is for the category in the notice, under your own company | France |
| Amazon.es | ENV number (packaging) | MITECO's producer register (RPP) | NIF and company name match the registration | Spain |
| Amazon.it | CONAI number (packaging) | CONAI membership | The number is entered for Italy, not another country | Italy |
Amazon's published EPR rules say it may deactivate, restrict or remove non-compliant listings. They do not describe blocking FBA shipments as such. When a shipment or a Pan-European transfer is refused, read the exact message and the country it names. If it is a listing deactivated for a missing or rejected EPR number, fix that country's number with the table above. If it names VAT, product safety, dangerous goods, dimensions or weight, it is a different check, and no EPR number changes it.
Since 12 August 2026 a producer that sells to end users in a country where it is not established needs an authorised representative there: one per country. We are the representative ourselves in France, Germany and Spain, and Italy comes with the representative included. Published prices per year, excluding VAT: Germany €149, France from €190 per stream, Spain from €199, Italy €199. Scheme fees are passed on at cost.
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