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.
Manual_Application_procedure.pdf
… whether packaging is classed as being subject to system participation, whether it is classed as reusable…
20241202_Press_release_Companies_risking_distribution_ban.pdf
… in packaging are required by law to enter into a system participation agreement for 2025 and report their…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2023.pdf
… the recyclability of packaging subject to system participation pursuant to section 21 (3) VerpackG …
02-040_Confectionery__snack_foods.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
15-000_Surface_finishes.pdf
02-110_Dry_goods.pdf
ZSVR_Recycling-rates_2018-2022.pdf
… since 1 January 2022 and no longer have to undergo system participation. Autumn 2022 brought a recession: as…
06-000_Crop_protection_and_agricultural_supplies.pdf
Fachinformation_Import_EN.pdf
… packaging that is filled with goods and subject to system participation Across Europe, the producer of a…
08-020_Building_materials_and_installations.pdf
