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.
20240409_PR_1_Million_Registrations.pdf
… ignored their duty under packaging law to undertake system participation. The ZSVR’s mission was to make the…
Packaging types
… the transportation of goods between individual distributors and to prevent damage during transit. …
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2024.pdf
… must not be based on the recyclability of individual packaging components that could only be obtained by a…
Case_report_01_2024_Single-use_beverage_packaging_subject_to_deposit.pdf
… in the DPG deposit scheme (Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH). There are few exceptions to the deposit…
Use of recyclates is essential for meeting recycling quotas
Low oil prices and cheap virgin material lead to a loss of sales markets for recycled plastics. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) sees an urgent need
Manual_Application_procedure.pdf
… whether packaging is classed as being subject to system participation, whether it is classed as reusable…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2023.pdf
… of recyclability must not be based on individual packaging components that could only be obtained by a…
I would like to correct my data report about packaging volumes, but the LUCID Packaging Register will not let me edit it. What do I need to do?
… German market and participated that volume with a system. If you can no longer edit your year-end volume…
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?
… the ordering party must register and undertake system participation, as applicable, and is considered the…
Is the packaging retail packaging, grouped packaging or shipment packaging?
… of sales units with packaging that is subject to system participation: 500g tub of margarine …
