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.
Learn more about the PPWR and its implementation, beginning with the definition of “producer”. This page will be updated regulary.
Alexander Dröge joins ZSVR as Secretary General
…Dr Alexander Dröge will join the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging…
202311_Hintergrundinformation_Marktanteilsberechnungskonzept_2023.pdf
… der Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR), mit den entsprechenden…
Producer under German packaging law
… The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) uses the collective term 'producer(s)' to refer to parties under obligation.…
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…
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…
ZSVR ends practice of defining packaging as 'out of scope' – and creates a catalogue for (nearly) every packaging
… and with legal certainty. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20180906_Hintergrundinformationen.pdf
…Anlage 1 zur PRESSEMITTEILUNG Start des Verpackungsregisters LUCID: Hintergrundinformationen zum Start…
20180906_Steckbrief_LM.pdf
…Zusammenarbeit beim Aufbau des Verpackungsregisters LUCID Unternehmenssteckbrief Unternehmensname: LM IT Services AG …
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…
Would you like to see who is registered in the LUCID Packaging Register? Use the search function in the public register of producers to find all registered companies.