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.
Declaration of completeness audit guidelines
… classification decisions and confirm that the system participation requirement catalogue constitutes an…
I am running a craft enterprise
… the transportation of goods between individual distributors and to prevent damage from occurring…
Sign language
… of the ZSVR within Germany's waste management system.
When is packaging considered to typically accumulate as waste with private final consumers?
… ice lolly itself is, however, packaging subject to system participation. The Zentrale Stelle…
20240319_PR_Catalogue_in_english.pdf
… version of the catalogue of packaging subject to system participation Osnabrück, 19 March 2024 New support…
2024_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… pursuant to section 27 and the following individuals who have been admitted to a public register of…
Declaration of completeness submission deadline
… Companies and auditors must take into account the system participation requirement catalogue, the latest…
Packaging Act
… recycling of their packaging that is subject to system participation by concluding a system participation…
I would like to change my registration
… whether you are using packaging that is subject to system participation to distribute your goods, or packaging…
Decision on reusable shopping bags with implications for every sector – case headed to Federal Administrative Court
… shopping bags constitute packaging subject to system participation. It is irrelevant what materials they…
