The large household appliances market in France
In 2021, the large household appliances sales represented 6 billion euros of purchases and 16.6 million products sold. That year the large household appliances market experienced an unprecedented growth with a 10.8% increase. As the small household electrical appliances (SHA) market it is surely due to the recurring lockdowns during the pandemic. Times where French people could only stay home and see what equipment were missing from their household.
The large household appliances contribution scale, according to the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) Ecosystem
| Family | Modulation criteria | Price criteria | Éco-contribution | |
| Net weight per item (kg) | Excluding VAT | Including VAT | ||
| Refrigerator
Freezer |
Refrigerant with GWP ≤ 15
AND availability of technical documentation for authorised repairers AND availability of spare parts essential for the equipment use |
> 80kg | 19,17 € | 23,00 € |
| ≤80kg and > 40kg | 15,00 € | 18,00 € | ||
| ≤40kg | 8,33 € | 10,00 € | ||
| Refrigerant with GWP > 15
OR unavailability of technical documentation for authorised repairers OR unavailability of spare parts essential for the equipment use |
> 80kg | 23,00 € | 27,60 € | |
| ≤80kg and > 40kg | 18,00 € | 21,60 € | ||
| ≤40kg | 10,00 € | 12,00 € | ||
| Large cooling appliance (excluding refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner) | 一 | > 80kg | 19,17 € | 23,00 € |
| ≤80kg and > 40kg | 15,00 € | 18,00 € | ||
| ≤40kg | 8,33 € | 10,00 € | ||
| Washing machine
Dishwasher |
Availability of spare parts essential for the equipment use during 11 years
OR integration of postconsumer recycled plastic (minimum threshold of 10%) |
一 | 6,67 € | 8,00 € |
| Unavailability of spare parts essential for the equipment use during 11 years
AND no integration of postconsumer recycled plastic (minimum threshold of 10%) |
一 | 8,33 € | 10,00 € | |
| Large appliance excluding cooling appliance (excluding washing machine and dishwasher) | 一 | 一 | 8,33 € | 10,00 € |
| Microwave oven | 一 | 一 | 2,50 € | 3,00 € |
| Medium-sized appliance (hoods, cook tops…) | 一 | 一 | 4,17 € | 5 € |
| Passive equipment (cord, etc.) for large household electrical appliance equipped with required connections to link up devices | 一 | 一 | 0,02 € | 0,02 € |
(Contribution scale for information only, could change at anytime)
Sources :
- Gifam (Groupement des marques d’appareils pour la maison). Conférence de presse Gifam, Bilan 2021 du marché de l’électroménager. [online]. Available on : https://www.gifam.fr/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Conference-de-presse-2022_Extracts.pdf