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.
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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…
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…
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…
System participation and data reporting
… packaging filled with goods that is subject to system participation on the German market (retail, grouped…
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.
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)?
… also required to provide. They can only undertake system participation for the producer, using the latter's…
Is bundling participation volumes by a third party permissible?
… party must report the producer information to the system, including the respective registration number, with…
20190715_PM_System-participation-requirement-catalogue.pdf
…S RELEASE Specifying producer responsibility for packaging System participation requirement catalogue: Determining…
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…
