Am I in scope for France's environmental cost display?
4 questions, 1 minute. Find out whether your brand is covered by France's environmental-cost labeling scheme — and what changes on October 1, 2026.
50,000+ products from about a hundred brands are already declared on the official portal.
- 4 questions
- About 1 minute
- No signup, no email
PassportCraft provides an internal-use estimate. Publishing any score first requires filing it on the official state portal — we file that deposit on your behalf, by delegation, directly from PassportCraft.
Free scope check
Question 1 of 4Do you sell your products in France?
The environmental cost scheme applies to products sold on the French market.
Based on Décret n° 2025-957 and the State's Ecobalyse method
Based on Décret n° 2025-957 and the State's Ecobalyse methodWhat the environmental cost actually is
Before the checklist: a quick, plain-language orientation on the scheme and who's walking you through it.
- What it measures
- The coût environnemental is an official environmental-cost score for a garment sold in France, computed with the State's Ecobalyse methodology and expressed in impact points — the lower the score, the better.
- Who it applies to
- The 11 clothing categories sold on the French market (t-shirts, jeans, coats, and similar). Footwear, leather goods, and accessories are out of scope.
- Where the number comes from
- Décret n° 2025-957, issued under the Climate & Resilience law. It's the State's official method — not a private label or a marketing badge.
This is the score France will require covered brands to display — lower is better. Run the check to see if you're in scope and how to get your own number.
See where your brand stands.
PassportCraft is a compliance tool for small and mid-sized brands. This 1-minute diagnostic is orientation, not a certification — it helps you find out early whether you're concerned, so you can get ahead of it.
What's changing — the three-part pressure
Three distinct obligations, three deadlines. Here's where you stand.
Environmental claims
The DGCCRF is actively policing textile environmental claims — its 2026 campaign makes them a priority (art. L. 132-2 of the Consumer Code). The pressure is here already, before October.
Third-party publication
Anyone — a retailer, an NGO, an app — can compute and publish your products' environmental cost from default values that penalise you. Your own score, once filed on the official portal, prevails (art. D. 541-244).
Display coupling
If you communicate an environmental score, you must display the official environmental cost (art. D. 541-245) — filed on the state portal before any public communication.
How PassportCraft helps you
Know your number
Estimate your environmental cost using the official Ecobalyse methodology — before a third party calculates it for you using default values that work against you.
Make your claims defensible
The DGCCRF is actively policing environmental claims in textiles — its 2026 campaign names it a priority. Check that your wording holds up.
Build your digital product passport
Centralize the product data required under EU regulation into a single digital product passport, ready for the deadlines ahead.
Frequently asked questions
The essentials on France's environmental cost display scheme — in plain language.
Who has to display the coût environnemental in France?
Brands that sell in-scope clothing on the French market and communicate an environmental score. From 1 October 2026, if you communicate a score or a quantified environmental indicator on a covered garment, you must display the official coût environnemental — filed on the state portal first. The scheme (Décret n° 2025-957) covers 11 clothing categories; footwear, leather goods, and accessories are out of scope.
When does the obligation start?
1 October 2026 for the two core rules: display coupling (if you communicate a score you must display the official environmental cost) and third-party publication (others can publish your score from default values). Enforcement of misleading environmental claims by the DGCCRF is already active today, ahead of that date.
What exactly is the coût environnemental?
An official environmental-cost score for a garment sold in France, computed with the State's Ecobalyse methodology and expressed in impact points — the lower the score, the better. It comes from Décret n° 2025-957, issued under the Climate & Resilience law. It is the State's official method, not a private label or a marketing badge.
Which products are in scope?
The 11 clothing categories sold on the French market: t-shirts and polos, shirts and blouses, jeans, skirts and dresses, coats and jackets, trousers and shorts, sweaters and hoodies, socks, boxers, briefs, and swimwear. Footwear, leather goods, and accessories are excluded.
What happens if a third party publishes my score first?
From 1 October 2026, anyone — a retailer, an NGO, an app — can compute and publish your products' environmental cost using default values that penalise you (for example, unknown origin is treated as India). Your own score, once filed on the official state portal, overrides any third-party publication (art. D. 541-244).
Do I have to file my score with the State?
Yes. To display a score publicly it must first be deposited on the official state portal (art. D. 541-243 V) — an internal estimate is not enough to publish. PassportCraft prepares and files that deposit for you, by delegation, so your official number is the one that counts.
Is this the same as the EU Digital Product Passport?
No, but they are related. The coût environnemental is a French national scheme; the EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) under the ESPR regulation is a separate, EU-wide obligation arriving later for textiles. The product data you gather now feeds both, so getting organised early pays off twice.
Is the scope check free, and do I need an account?
Yes, it is free and needs no signup or email — 4 questions, about a minute. You only create an account if you decide to prepare and file your environmental cost.
Get ahead of it
Our estimate is for internal use; publishing any score goes through the official deposit first — we file it on your behalf, by delegation, directly from PassportCraft.
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