Service packaging
If you place service packaging on the German market, you have obligations under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). A new amendment means that final distributors of service packaging now also have to register in the LUCID Packaging Register even if they use exclusively pre-participated packaging.
What is service packaging?
Service packaging is packaging that is filled at the point of sale and used to enable or support handing over goods to the final consumer.
In this explanatory film you will learn what service packaging is, who places it on the German market and how to fulfil your obligations under the Verpackungsgesetz.
Final distributors of service packaging can buy pre-participated unfilled service packaging from a supplier or wholesaler.
This graphic shows details about this special provision and how you can use it to fulfil your packaging law obligations.
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.
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
If you are a final distributor of service packaging, you now must register with the LUCID Packaging Register. This also applies if you purchase exclusively pre-participated packaging. You can find out more in this short film.
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