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.
Images
… images provided for download by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Mail order companies & online retailers
… goods online to German customers. The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) establishes obligations…
Decision on reusable shopping bags with implications for every sector – case headed to Federal Administrative Court
… classification decision made by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Drop shipping
… shippers are not considered producers under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) because they are not the…
Information_about_the_minimum_standard_2025.pdf
… the previous version was made by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Checklist_Next_Steps.pdf
…Checkliste Checklist Obligations under the Verpackungsgesetz What comes after registration? Are you a ‘producer’ under…
Checking a registration status
… register excerpt function. The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) is clear: no matter what…
20180621_PM_Orientierungshilfe_Bemessung_Recyclingfaehigkeit.pdf
… Jahr in Deutschland teurer. Die Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR), ab Januar 2019 als neue Behörde…
I would like to know how my compliance with obligations is monitored
… state enforcement authorities. Breaches of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) will be punished in the…
Packaging Act
… among consumers. This is the idea behind the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act), which entered into force…
