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?
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…
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 –…
Schaubild_Verpackungen_mit_und_ohne_Systembeteiligungspflicht.pdf
… Verpackungen mit schadstoffhaltigen Füllgütern Verpackungsrechtliche Pflichten Verpackungsrechtliche…
20230403_PR_Producer_failed_to_file_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… report on the case on its website at…
Am I required to participate packaging with a system if I also have to pay the single-use plastic fee for that packaging?
… While the system participation requirement pursuant to the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and the payment…
Videos
… the ZSVR or for presenting obligations under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). The videos may only be…
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
20231120_PR_Court_confirms_ZSVRs_strike_off_of_expert_from_the_register_of_auditors.pdf
… measured. Auditors who undertake work under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) safeguard two important…
The new ZSVR website
… costs are covered. Since the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) entered into force, we…
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.