The ZSVR issues a warning about scam e-mails: Scam e-mails claiming to be from the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) are currently being sent to registered companies. The scam e-mails contain text taken from the ZSVR’s own communications asking users to fulfil their legal obligation to undertake system participation. Attempts are made to obtain confidential data such as passwords and master data. Neither this e-mail nor any of the links it may contain originate from the ZSVR. The links lead to unsafe websites. Please ignore these messages.
You can recognise e-mails from the ZSVR by the sender address, which always ends with ‘@verpackungsregister.org’ or ‘@email.verpackungsregister.org’. It also helps if you label e-mails with an incorrect sender address as spam in your systems.
Welcome to the ZSVR
Throughout Europe, the producer of a product also takes producer responsibility for the packaging – in terms of preventing packaging waste in the first place, but also in terms of optimising reuse and recovery of what cannot be prevented. For Germany, implementation of this responsibility is assured by the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). This is where the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) assumes the task of registering those bearing producer responsibility, making them public, and fostering transparency and legal certainty through its other activities (e.g. data reporting). The ZSVR also monitors further ecological objectives, such as compliance with recycling quotas and the financial support to promote more sustainable packaging.
Information & Orientation
All information regarding the Verpackungsgesetz, registration and other obligations
News from this area
Taking stock of successes, failures and challenges in recycling – how we make sure packaging is fit for high-quality recycling
The share of packaging fit for high-quality recycling is on the rise, with most statutory recycling targets being met by the dual systems. However, there were also serious shortfalls to the statutory quotas in 2022. The Zentrale Stelle…
LUCID Packaging Register
All information regarding registration, data reporting and public registers
News from this area
System participation and data reporting – here’s what you need to know!
Registering in the LUCID Packaging Register is just the first step. Are you distributing your goods in retail, grouped and/our shipment packaging, which are generally subject to system participation? If the answer is 'yes', then you must pay for…
Foundation & Authority
All information about the foundation, the governing bodies, the standards, guidelines and consultation procedure
News from this area
ZSVR's minimum standard advances ecological progress as an evolving recycling infrastructure spurs a surge in recovery volumes
A new UBA study reveals: the share of recycled plastic and aluminium in liquid packaging board is increasing and recycling plants are recovering more film formats. The 2024 edition of the minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging published…
Recent updates
Gunda Rachut re-elected as Chair of the ZSVR
Gunda Rachut will remain at the helm of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) for another five years, after the ZSVR's Board of Trustees unanimously voted to extend her contract until 2028 in its most…
ZSVR recognised as federal authority – question of legal venue clarified
The German Federal Administrative Court has clarified the question of legal venue for actions to challenge administrative acts issued by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR), sending an important signal…
System participation requirement catalogue
Search the catalogue to find out if your packaging is subject to system participation.
Knowledge base
Here you can find relevant information about key questions, all in one place.
Explanatory films
Access explanatory films about various topics.
