Extended registration requirement
If you are the first to fill any type of packaging with goods and place it on the German market on a commercial basis, there will be a registration requirement for you. Here you can find information about this topic.
Regardless of the packaging type, there are things you will need to do if you are the first to fill packaging with goods and place it on the German market on a commercial basis. You will either need to
- register with the LUCID Packaging Register for the first time, providing details about your packaging types, or
- if you have registered already, add details about your packaging types to your existing registration (registration amendment).
Would you like to register for the first time or make changes to your existing registration? Click here for the LUCID Packaging Register.
Watch these explanatory films about first-time registration or registration amendments to find out how registration works.
Read our checklists to learn more about how to register and comply with the system participation requirement:
Checklist – Fulfilling registration and system participation requirements
Checklist no. 2 – What do I have to know before registering?
Checklist no. 3 – What happens after registration?
Manufacturers, retail companies, importers, mail order companies, online retailers – they all can be producers within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz.
Details can be found in the ‘About the term ‘producer’’ graphic
Delineation and obligations – What packaging types are there? Which are subject to system participation, and which are not?
Details can be found in the ‘Packaging subject to system participation and packaging not subject to system participation’ graphic
Watch this short film to learn more about packaging types and how to add them to your registration.