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.
20200727_PM_Use-of-recyclates-is-essential-for-meeting-recycling-quotas.pdf
… markets for recycled plastics. • The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Use of recyclates is essential for meeting recycling quotas
… markets for recycled plastics. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
When is something deemed to be 'commercially' placed onto the German market?
… considered to be operating commercially under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). This includes…
20200901_PM_New-minimum-standard-for-recycling-friendly-packaging-now-available.pdf
… seeing a disproportionate rise. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Transparency provided by the LUCID Packaging Register proving effective at all levels
… is now available on the initial impact of the new Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act): a considerable increase…
20210225_Information_of_regarding_the_treatment_of_the_amended_definition_of_composite.pdf
… as composite packaging within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and had to be attributed…
When is packaging considered to typically accumulate as waste with private final consumers?
… private final consumers within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act), but also sources of…
I am not a manufacturer of packaging and packaging material – do I still have to register in the LUCID Packaging Register?
… Companies under obligation are called producers in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). The law essentially…
Do I have to report my packaging volumes to the LUCID Packaging Register myself, or can somebody else do this for me?
… The company under obligation under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) must itself submit the data report to the…
When is it permissible under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act – VerpackG) to make retrospective deductions from packaging volumes that have already participated in a system and have been placed onto the German market?
… to final consumers in Germany, which is where the Verpackungsgesetz applies. The export must always…
