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.
20190902_PM_Minimum_standard_published.pdf
… that the relevant recycling targets defined in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) can be met. An important…
ZSVR publishes first minimum standard
Positive track record after 10 months of Packaging Register
Number of companies acknowledging producer responsibility has tripled since the end of 2018. The quality of packaging volume reporting has improved, and system participation volumes have increased.
Brand names
… you are considered to be the producer under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and need to fulfil your…
20200319_PM_ZSVR-publishes-case-reports-on-own-investigations.pdf
… Osnabrück, 19 March 2020 The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
ZSVR publishes case reports on own investigations
…The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has now been operating the LUCID…
Alexander Dröge joins ZSVR as Secretary General
…Dr Alexander Dröge will join the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging…
ZSVR launches fully available English website
…The website of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has been fully…
When is placing on the German market, or initial distribution, considered to have occurred?
… market or distribution within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). It is immaterial whether…
Can the specification of identifying markers that do not refer to the producer named on the packaging lead to non-applicability of section 3 (9) VerpackG?
… considered the producer within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz. Through research, identifying markers…
