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.
20230130_PR_ZSVR_recognised_as_federal_authority_-_question_of_legal_venue_clarified_EN.pdf
… administrative acts issued by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
20230130_PR_Gunda_Rachut_re-elected_as_Chair_of_the_ZSVR.pdf
… will remain at the helm of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Why is it important that all market participants comply with their obligations under German packaging law?
… 'producer responsibility', which governed by the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). Where packaging cannot…
Gunda Rachut re-elected as Chair of the ZSVR
…Gunda Rachut will remain at the helm of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Change in legal entity
… company that is considered a producer under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) must be registered with…
20230403_PR_Producer_failed_to_file_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… report on the case on its website at…
For contract packagers: when are you required to fulfil packaging obligations for retail or grouped packaging of own and retailer products?
… considered the producer within the meaning of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). The answer as to whether…
ZSVR_classification_overview.pdf
… (Circular Economy Act) 3 Verpackungsverordnung (Packaging Ordinance) 4…
20230904_PR_Minimum_standard_2023_-_high-quality_recycling_requires_sustainable_packaging_design_and_recycling_infrastructure.pdf
… Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA), the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Minimum standard 2023 – highquality recycling requires sustainable packaging design and recycling infrastructure
