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.
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…
System data reporting
… Section 20 VerpackG (Packaging Act) requires systems to electronically report the packaging volumes participated with…
I have changed my system operator. How do I enter this information into the LUCID Packaging Register?
… in the LUCID Packaging Register, you enter the system with which you concluded an agreement. Going…
I would like to know if I have obligations and how to fulfil them
… obligations to fulfil for packaging subject to system participation (retail, grouped or shipment…
I am a start-up founder
… obligations to fulfil for packaging subject to system participation (retail, grouped, shipment or service…
What costs are incurred by registration?
… The ZSVR is financed exclusively by approved systems and sector-specific solutions. Independently of…
Infographic_Packaging.pdf
…ic There are two packaging categories: Packaging subject to system participation Packaging that typically accumulates…
Why is it important that all market participants comply with their obligations under German packaging law?
… grouped or shipment packaging that is subject to system participation by concluding a 'system participation…
Find out about registrations
… the same data you used when entering into your system participation agreement or when working with a…
1 January 2022 - extended deposit obligation for certain single-use beverage packaging will enter into force
… for initial distributors of packaging subject to system participation.
