Frequently asked questions: the services provided by Valobat

Since its approval as an eco-organization for the PMCB sector, Valobat has been offering simple and dematerialized membership solutions.

By going to the Valobat website and clicking on "Join Valobat", it only takes a few minutes to comply with the regulations.

All marketers within the meaning of the EPR for the building industry is now obliged to join an eco-organization or to apply for approval of its own individual system.

The signatory of the membership contract will receive by email a signed copy of his membership contract, via our electronic signature tool Docusign.

When your membership is registered, you will receive an email from Valobat informing you of this.

Membership in Valobat is possible at any time of the year. The membership contract will take effect on January 1st of the year of signature. However, Valobat reminds that the membership contract allows the marketer to be in conformity with its obligations under the law and invites each company to regularize its situation by contracting with Valobat as soon as possible.

Any person with the legal capacity to commit his company can sign the membership contract with Valobat, which can nevertheless be initiated by a third party.

The principal (i.e. the issuer on the market subject to the law) may entrust its agent, who accepts it, with the mission of representing it and carrying out the following operations in its name and on its behalf, with Valobat, on the basis of the provisions of article L. 541-10-1 of the Environmental Code

- declare, before the contractual date of each year, the quantities of building products and materials placed on the market by him during the previous year;

- pay the amount of the eco-contribution for which the principal is liable, before the contractual date of each year, for the quantities of the previous year;

- provide any supporting documentation necessary to manage the reporting of PMCBs.

In this context, the agent of a marketer manages all the operations of membership, declaration, invoicing, payment and/or management of control operations. The agent therefore has the same authorizations for managing the EPR PMCB as the principal. These must be defined in a contract, the mandate, based on the information given in the Valobat standard membership contract.

Valobat is an eco-organization created by and for the building industry. In addition to its representative and voluntary action on circular economy issues, Valobat develops and will continue to to develop for you services to better accompany you in your compliance, to help you in your eco-design approach and to facilitate the administrative task. Finally, Valobat which will have probably a significant market share and consequently a capacity to produce economies of scale that will contribute to a very competitive eco-tax scale.

Membership of an eco-organization and the payment of an eco-contribution on products (mandatory voluntary contribution) is a regulatory obligation for producers on the market, unless you have an approval by the public authorities for your own individual system. As part of its mission, Valobat will inform the producers of the market of their obligation through awareness campaigns. If you are not a member of an approved eco-organization for this sector or if your individual system has not been approved by the public authorities, you are likely to receive a reminder of the law from the public authorities, followed by a formal notice to rectify the situation before receiving an administrative fine of a dissuasive amount.

An EPR operates on the principle of declaring the placing on the market. Membership of an eco-organization necessarily implies the realization of this declaration and the payment of the invoices which result from it. Concerned about the inherent management burden for its members, Valobat has worked to minimize it as much as possible by proposing solutions among whicha a scale easy to apply, requiring only one annual declaration (on the marketings of the previous year to have a basis for invoicing) and a quarterly invoice with a regularization if necessary at the beginning of the following year, following the final declaration.

The AGEC law of February 2020 stipulates that PMCB are concerned by EPR. Also, to comply with it, each PMCB marketer can either join an approved eco-organization for this sector, or set up its own "individual system", by filing an approval request with the public authorities and comply with the same obligations or almost the same as those imposed on the eco-organization.

Valobat offers support for the status of producer/marketer, which will consist of assistance with the declaration and payment of the eco-tax, a call-center to answer your questions and various online tools. The format of the scale is adapted to each sector. Valobat is also in charge of obtaining the unique identifier for its members from ADEME as well as their declaration in the SYDEREP tool.
In a second phase, Valobat will support its members on eco-design, through training, support and tools... The animation of the members' network, a Valobat club, the organization of meetings and various events will also be among the services offered by Valobat. Satisfying all your needs is our priority.

For the smallest structures, whose turnover is less than 2 M€ per year per year, Valobat offers to marketers to to choose the alternative simplified regime by applying a percentage of this turnover.

With the exception of the year 2022, the contract is concluded for a fixed term from January 1 of the year of enrollment to December 31 of the same year. The contract will be renewed by tacit agreement for successive periods of 12 months each, unless terminated no later than 3 months before the expiration of the current period.