What is the Triman logo, and where is it required?

Triman is a French marking, defined by Article L. 541-9-3 of the Environmental Code, that tells the consumer the product or its packaging is subject to a sorting rule under an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. It is a small pictogram of a stylised figure pointing at three arrows. It must appear with the Info-Tri sorting information that explains what to do with each component.

Triman is not optional branding. It is a regulatory marking and the rules around its display (positioning, size, contrast, language) are prescribed.

The 2022 expansion brought almost every consumer-facing physical product sold in France into scope: packaging, household chemicals, cosmetics, electrical and electronic equipment, textiles, furniture, tyres, batteries, print media and toys. If your product is sold to a French consumer, the working assumption should be that Triman applies, and exemptions need to be proven, not assumed.

Business-to-business products are largely out of scope, but the line is not always clean. A product sold through a wholesaler to a salon, for instance, may still be treated as consumer-facing depending on labelling.

The default is that Triman and Info-Tri appear directly on the packaging (and, for some product categories, on the product itself). Where physical space genuinely does not allow it, a limited dematerialised option exists: a QR code or other digital link that leads to the marking and sorting information. This digital fallback is tightly defined and not a general escape valve.

For multi-component packaging (a cosmetics secondary carton with a primary bottle and a pump, for example), the Info-Tri must address each component separately, telling the consumer how to sort each one.

For a cosmetics or chemicals business with hundreds or thousands of SKUs sold into France, Triman is not a one-off artwork project. It is an ongoing data problem: every new SKU, every artwork revision, every packaging substitution needs the correct Triman and Info-Tri pairing. Getting it wrong exposes the business to fines of up to 1,500 EUR per non-compliant unit placed on the market.

Worldover treats Triman as structured data on each SKU and packaging component. When artwork is updated, the system checks the marking is present and compliant. When a packaging spec changes, the affected Info-Tri instructions update automatically. Customer-specific declarations to French retailers fall out of the same data set.

The Triman logo and Info-Tri sorting instructions are mandatory on packaging placed on the French market, and the rules differ by product category, material and component. For a brand with hundreds of SKUs into France, that turns every artwork revision into a compliance check, and fines of up to 1,500 EUR per non-compliant unit make spreadsheet tracking an expensive habit.

Cosmetic regulatory software and chemical compliance software treat Triman as structured data on each SKU and packaging component. When packaging changes, the Info-Tri output regenerates automatically; when the rules change, affected artwork is flagged for review before it ships.

• Triman and Info-Tri variants tracked per SKU, market and component
• Artwork compliance checks against current French rules
• EPR identifier (UIN) management across French eco-organisations
• Customer-facing declarations for French retailers
• Audit trail of artwork versions and on-pack marks