Just getting started? Check here if you have any obligations under German packaging law – and what you need to do.
If you are distributing packaged goods in Germany, you have to be registered with the LUCID Packaging Register. We'll show you everything you need to know.
Registration alone is not enough for certain types of packaging. Learn more about how to fulfil the system participation requirement and report your packaging volumes.
Explore this section for more guidance and information, definitions and general help in complying with the law, no matter your sector, distribution channel or logistics solution.
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Am I required to participate packaging with a system if I also have to pay the single-use plastic fee for that packaging?
… Yes. While the system participation requirement pursuant to the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and the payment…
Can an appointed third party (broker, auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) undertake system participation on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… must provide all the declarations that the individual producer is also required to provide. They can only…
When is it permissible under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act – VerpackG) to make retrospective deductions from packaging volumes that have already participated in a system and have been placed onto the German market?
… if the packaging that has participated with a system cannot be handed over to final consumers due to…
Can an appointed third party (broker, registered auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) register and report data to the ZSVR on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… behalf of that legal person. If there is no individual with with sole power of representation, an individual…
Is bundling participation volumes by a third party permissible?
… party must report the producer information to the system, including the respective registration number, with…
How often do I have to submit data reports?
… As soon as a volume report is made to a system, the producer is required to report the same information to the…
Why is it important that all market participants comply with their obligations under German packaging law?
… grouped or shipment packaging that is subject to system participation by concluding a 'system participation…
Do I have to register my branch with the LUCID Packaging Register, even if my franchiser and/or other branches are already registered?
… packaging law obligations obligation to fulfil (system participation and filing volume reports on packaging…
Does the registration requirement also apply to the distribution of goods in used packaging?
… register and participate the used packaging in a system. Only where distributors have definite evidence that…
I am not a manufacturer of packaging and packaging material – do I still have to register in the LUCID Packaging Register?
… distributes its goods in packaging subject to system participation on the German market (retail, grouped…
