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.
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When is the packaging of printed/publishing products subject to system participation?
… The packaging of printed/publishing products is subject to system participation when these products are classified as…
2020 edition of the 'system participation requirement catalogue' published
…An updated and enhanced version of the system participation requirement catalogue was published on our website on 27…
System participation requirement catalogue - 2021 edition published
…An updated and enhanced version of the system participation requirement catalogue was published on our website on 7…
Consultation on the draft 2020 edition of the system participation requirement catalogue
In Germany, producer responsibility for packaging was introduced in 1993. However, until now many producers have failed to comply with this responsibility, either completely or in part.
ZSVR publishes 2022 edition of the system participation requirement catalogue
…An updated and enhanced version of the system participation requirement catalogue was published on our website on 1…
Catalogue of packaging subject to system participation confirmed in the court of first instance, setting precedent and sending a signal
… Register – ZSVR). The claimants contended that the system participation re-quirement did not apply to their…
Service for companies located outside of Germany – ZSVR publishes English version of the catalogue of packaging subject to system participation
… private final consumers, i.e. when it’s subject to system participation.
Am I required to participate packaging with a system if I also have to pay the single-use plastic fee for that packaging?
… Yes. While the system participation requirement pursuant to the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and the payment…
Can an appointed third party (broker, auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) undertake system participation on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… must provide all the declarations that the individual producer is also required to provide. They can only…
When is it permissible under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act – VerpackG) to make retrospective deductions from packaging volumes that have already participated in a system and have been placed onto the German market?
… if the packaging that has participated with a system cannot be handed over to final consumers due to…
