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.
Learn more about the application of the PPWR, beginning with the check: am I a manufacturer and/or a producer?
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2021.pdf
… producer responsibility provisions under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act – VerpackG) to include an…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2023.pdf
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2022.pdf
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2024.pdf
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2025.pdf
… 4 1. Legal framework under the Verpackungsgesetz…
20170912_Memorandum_Clearing.pdf
… MEMORANDUM An: Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister Von: Dentons Europe LLP Datum: 12.…
I am running a retail store
… is classified as retail packaging under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). For packaging to qualify…
Imports
… mit und ohne Systembeteiligungspflicht Welche Verpackungsarten gibt es und welche gesetzlichen Pflichten…
240918_Fortführung_EK_III_Konzept_2025.pdf
…onzept EK III Thema: Mindeststandard 2025 Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister – Mindeststandard 2025 1 Zielstellung …
2021_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… of the validity and removal of references to the Verpackungsverordnung At publication 2019 reference year …
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.