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.
Case reports
… The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) publishes case reports on current…
Market shares
… (Packaging Act). The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Press & media section
… distribution list, please send an e-mail to presse@verpackungsregister.org. Stay up to date! By…
Administrative procedures
… The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) organises consultations as part of…
Introduction
… on a commercial basis have to comply with the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). The obligations they…
Producer under German packaging law
… The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) uses the collective term 'producer(s)' to refer to parties under obligation.…
Information for auditors
… flow records and sector-specific solutions, the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) requires that auditors…
Sector-specific solution audit guidelines
… (Packaging Act) authorises the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20211118_PM_From_single-use_packaging_to_the_circular_economy.pdf
… for packaging. The amended version of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) now means that producers…
Declaration of completeness audit guidelines
