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.
2020_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… who is the first to place packaging 'subject to system participation' onto the German market on a…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2021.pdf
… the recyclability of packaging subject to system participation pursuant to section 21 (3) VerpackG …
2021_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… exports and voluntary participation in the deposit system; audit area B.10: correction of returns; C.2.1:…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2022.pdf
2024_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… exports and voluntary participation in the deposit system; Audit area B.10 a.F: correction of returns; C.2.1:…
20230130_PR_ZSVR_recognised_as_federal_authority_-_question_of_legal_venue_clarified_EN.pdf
… decisions that the ZSVR made about the system participation and deposit requirements for…
Guideline_catalogue.pdf
… version shall prevail Guidelines for using the system participation requirement catalogue (Last updated:…
20200319_PM_ZSVR-publishes-case-reports-on-own-investigations.pdf
… the LUCID Packaging Register and entering into a system participation agreement with a (dual) system. Ms…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2020.pdf
20210225_Information_of_regarding_the_treatment_of_the_amended_definition_of_composite.pdf
… information in declarations of completeness and systems' volume flow records. The declaration of…
