Cartons packaging EPR France: what a folding carton costs per 1,000 packs, 2026

What this page estimates for a folding carton in France

The folding carton on this page is a paperboard box that wraps the product, such as a soap, tea or cereal box. It has one component, each matched to the published rates of the 2026 schedule of Citeo household packaging contribution (emballages ménagers) for France; weight times rate gives a fee per 1,000 packs in EUR. The figures are estimates built on starting weights.

What is in a folding carton

The carton is one paperboard component. A plastic window or a coating is not weighed separately in the starting estimate.

Starting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: carton (paperboard, 30 g).

Carton

paperboard, 30 g (Instica starting estimate)

Worked example: 1,000 folding cartons in France

One folding carton of the Medium (cereal-size box) size weighs 30 g in total. For each component the table gives its weight, the matched published rates, and the fee for 1,000 packs.

Added together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is €7.74.

Divide by 1,000 for a single pack: about €0.0077.

What the fee tool returns for 1,000 folding cartons in France

Entered into the public fee tool for France (2026 schedule, effective January 1, 2026), 1,000 folding cartons give the figures below. The tool is the same engine that prices a report, so this page and the tool agree.

The tool total is €7.74.

Which published rates were matched in France

One published rate was matched to the pack in France from the 2026 schedule. Each is quoted from the programme’s own fee table; the page does not change the rate or round it.

Carton, 30 g: one matched rate

How size changes the fee for a folding carton

The weight of a folding carton depends on its size. The table prices each of the 3 sizes with the same matched rates, so the only thing that changes between rows is the weight.

Each component of the folding carton priced at every size, at the matched rates for France.

What if the folding carton used another material?

Suppose the main component of the folding carton, weighing 30 g, were made of another material. The table prices the same weight in each material class that France publishes a rate for, at the lowest published rate in that class.

A fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too.

What a larger run of folding cartons costs in France

Fees scale with the number of packs, because the schedule charges by mass. The table repeats the worked example for larger runs of the Medium (cereal-size box) folding carton in France. Nothing else changes between rows: the same weights and the same matched rates apply.

Taken as a whole, the pack is priced at €0.2581 per kilogram of packaging, so a heavier pack costs more in proportion to its weight.

Flat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table.

The fee schedule behind these figures for France

The rates come from the 2026 schedule of Citeo household packaging contribution (emballages ménagers) for France, effective January 1, 2026. The facts below record where it was published and what else the schedule charges.

The schedule also lists 9 other fees, which are not part of the per-kilogram estimate on this page.

The schedule describes an eco-modulation of its rates, so the fee a producer pays can be adjusted up or down from the base rates shown here.

Ways to lower the fee on a folding carton

Board caliper and box size set the weight, so a snugger box that still protects the product lowers the mass.

Paperboard is usually priced on a line of its own, which can differ from the line for thin paper or for corrugated board.

A carton with a laminated film layer may be read as a composite, so check the coating before choosing a line.

Cartons are printed in runs of thousands, so a small weight change per carton repeats across the whole run.