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.
I am running a retail store
… Register, participate your packaging with a system and report your packaging volumes. is…
Important note about making an application
… is required to submit data reports. Only individual, specific test items (packaging containing goods) are…
ZSVR ends practice of defining packaging as 'out of scope' – and creates a catalogue for (nearly) every packaging
… to determine whether packaging is subject to system participation conclusively and with legal certainty.…
Who is considered to be the initial distributor in the case of own brands retail?
… distributor in this case. The registration and system participation requirements depend on the status as a…
Court decisions
… whether to classify packaging as being subject to system participation or not, as set out in the ZSVR’s…
Chart_food_beverages.pdf
… with the LUCID Packaging Register 2. Organise system participation 2. 3. Report packaging volumes 2.…
Service packaging
… on your circumstances: If you are fulfilling the system participation requirement yourself, enter your…
Specifying producer responsibility for packaging
System participation requirement catalogue: Determining packaging obligations at a glance. In Germany, producer…
20250320_PR_Court_confirms_catalogue_setting_precedent.pdf
… It rejected the producer-centric individualised approach. Dismissals reinforce the ZSVR's…
2025_Audit_guidlines_System_volume_flow_record.pdf
… audit assignment and the audit protocols if individual audit results form part of the volume flow record but…
