For a micro-enterprise shipping a few parcels a week in France, allow an annual flat fee of around €100 to €150 excl. VAT (2026 schedules) and around a quarter of an hour to fill in a form when joining. At Citeo, the flat-fee declaration costs €110 excl. VAT for fewer than 10,000 UVC per year: this is the contract's minimum charge, covering the two declarations for packaging and graphic paper and allocation of the unique identifier. At Léko, the minimum charge is €95 excl. VAT and the amount is capped at €150 excl. VAT for fewer than 20,000 UVC, with paper billed separately and an exemption below 5 tonnes. Registration on Germany's LUCID register, for those selling in Germany, adds an amount of the same order. The remaining cost is time: a few hours each year for declarations. No viable shop project becomes loss-making because of this expense, which is the point to remember if worry has made you consider stopping.
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