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 application of the PPWR, beginning with the check: am I a manufacturer and/or a producer?
08-010_Construction_chemicals.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
Is it retail packaging or grouped packaging?
… of sales units with packaging that is subject to system participation: 500g tub of margarine …
Companies risking distribution ban: recycling requirements for packaging by 31 December
… in packaging are required by law to enter into a system participation agreement for 2025 and report their…
20240409_PR_1_Million_Registrations.pdf
… ignored their duty under packaging law to undertake system participation. The ZSVR’s mission was to make the…
02-020_Preserves.pdf
Case_report_01_2025_Outstanding_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… packaging for which it is required to do so with a system. Sometimes auditors discover cases where system…
Authorising a representative
… That includes: Concluding a system participation agreement with one or more system…
02-060_Agricultural_products.pdf
13-020_Motor_vehicles.pdf
Packaging types
… each of them. Packaging subject to system participation, unlike packaging that is not subject…
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.