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.
All about the ZSVR's work as an authority, from published decisions and information about the ZSVR Foundation to the minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging.
Checklist_Authorising_a_representative.pdf
… and ship your packaged goods to Germany, then the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) applies to you.…
20240829_PR_ZSVR_Minimum_standard_2024.pdf
… packaging published by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20220901_PM_Minimum_Standard_2022_edition.pdf
… the recyclability of packaging (section 21 (3) Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act)) was published on 31…
20201118_PM_Annual_balance_the_LUCID_Packaging_Register.pdf
… is now available on the initial impact of the new Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act): a considerable increase…
20250121_PM_Recycling_starts_with_sorting.pdf
… Environment Agency (UBA) and the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20250121_Further_Information_for_journalists.pdf
… Sorting and Recovery of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20231204_PR_Taking_stock_of_successes_failures_and_challenges.pdf
… to the statutory quotas in 2022. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20250318_PM_Reusable_shopping_bags.pdf
… classification decision made by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Guideline_data_reporting.pdf
… Register. Publisher: Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, Öwer de Hase 18, 49074 Osnabrück. Last…
20250320_PR_Court_confirms_catalogue_setting_precedent.pdf
… classification decisions made by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
