France's DGCCRF notification (Teléicare) for food supplements

Selling a food supplement in France means dealing with the DGCCRF — the Direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes — and its online declaration system, Teléicare. It's a real administrative gate, and which procedure you use depends on how the product reaches the French market. Here's the shape of it.

Declaration to the DGCCRF

French rules require a business to declare a complément alimentaire before or as it's placed on the market, typically through the Teléicare portal. The declaration covers the product's composition and label and registers it with the authorities. As elsewhere, it's a notification, not a guarantee of approval — responsibility stays with the business.

Two routes: French-made and mutual recognition

France distinguishes between products manufactured in France using authorized substances and products lawfully made in another EU country and relying on mutual recognition. The procedure and the documentation differ between these routes, so knowing which one applies to your product is the first step in declaring correctly.

Composition is the heart of it

A French declaration turns on the product's composition — the nutrients, plants, and other substances, at their levels. France maintains specific positions on permitted ingredients (especially plants) and amounts, so the declaration is only as sound as the formula behind it. A questionable substance or level is where declarations run into trouble.

Keeping the declaration current

A reformulation changes the composition and the label, and the declared information has to keep up. When the label and composition data come from one structured formula, keeping the Teléicare declaration aligned with the actual product is straightforward rather than a separate manual chase.

This is general information, not regulatory or legal advice. National requirements differ across the EU and change over time, so confirm current rules with the relevant authority or a qualified regulatory expert before relying on them.

Where Lemoniq fits

Lemoniq generates the French label and the composition data behind a DGCCRF declaration from one structured formula, checks ingredients and levels against reference data, and keeps the declaration aligned with the product as the formula changes.

The takeaway

The DGCCRF declaration via Teléicare turns on the right procedure and a sound composition, and it has to stay current as products change. Generating the label and composition data from one formula is what keeps a French declaration accurate over a product's life.

Lemoniq keeps your French composition and label aligned for the DGCCRF declaration. See how it works