Registration, system participation, data reporting – here’s what you need to know!
A trio of obligations: would you like to know how you can register with the LUCID Packaging Register, participate your packaging with a system and submit data reports about your packaging volumes? Click here to learn more about fulfilling your statutory obligations.
Follow these step-by-step guides to comply with German packaging law.
Checklist to help you fulfil the registration and system participation requirements
Checklist: 'What do I have to know before registering?'
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.
Are you placing packaging that is subject to system participation on the German market? If the answer is 'yes', then registering with the LUCID Packaging Register is not enough. You also have to enter into a system participation agreement with one or more system(s), and regularly submit reports about your packaging volumes.
Explanatory film about system participation
System operators overview
More about data reporting in the LUCID Packaging Register
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? This graphic will make it clear.
For more information about the packaging types in the registration process, click here.
If your packaging volumes meet or exceed one of the three following volume thresholds
- Glass: 80,000 kg;
- Paper, paperboard, cardboard (PPC): 50,000 kg;
- Ferrous metals, aluminium, plastics, beverage cartons, other composites (LVP): 30,000 kg
you have to submit a declaration of completeness (DoC) about your annual packaging volumes. Find out more here.
