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.
I am not a manufacturer of packaging and packaging material – do I still have to register in the LUCID Packaging Register?
… distributes its goods in packaging subject to system participation on the German market (retail, grouped…
Overview of the amendments
… required to pay for its recycling. This is called 'system participation'. For service packaging (packaging…
Guideline_data_reporting.pdf
… you have to report your packaging volumes to your system operator and to the LUCID Packaging Register depends…
Case_report_04_2020_Fashion_boutiques.pdf
… Imports and failure to participate packaging in a system in the case of fashion boutiques with an online shop…
ZSVR ends practice of defining packaging as 'out of scope' – and creates a catalogue for (nearly) every packaging
… to determine whether packaging is subject to system participation conclusively and with legal certainty.…
240416_ZSVR_Comic_final_EN.pdf
… Agency Public Registers Explanatory films FAQ System Overview Support Login Welcome to the LUCID…
Producer under German packaging law
… they use to distribute their goods is subject to system participation (retail, grouped or shipment…
Specifying producer responsibility for packaging
System participation requirement catalogue: Determining packaging obligations at a glance. In Germany, producer…
Important note about making an application
… classification of packaging as being subject to system participation. For ease of use, the administrative…
Case_report_03_2020_IT_firm.pdf
…Case report 03/2020 IT firm fails to meet system participation requirement Osnabrück, 21 September 2020 What is the…
