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When is the packaging of printed/publishing products subject to system participation?
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… The packaging of printed/publishing products is subject to system participation when these products are classified as…
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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…

Responsibility shifts to retailers under the PPWR: companies failing to adjust their system participation may face a distribution ban

… 12 August 2026, introducing new requirements for system participation. For packaging for own brands and…

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)?
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… also required to provide. They can only undertake system participation for the producer, using the latter's…
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Is bundling participation volumes by a third party permissible?
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… party must report the producer information to the system, including the respective registration number, with…
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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.

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