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?
2020_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… of the validity and removal of references to the Verpackungsverordnung At publication 2019 reference year …
2019_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
Information about the treatment of the amended definition of composite
… of the new definition of composite in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) introduced by the Act on…
What are the requirements for exports from Germany?
… The provisions of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) apply within the Federal Republic of Germany. When…
2024_Audit_guidelines_Declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… of the validity and removal of references to the Verpackungsverordnung Clarification of audit objective in…
About us
… The ZSVR – short for 'Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister' (Central Agency Packaging Register) – is a foundation…
I am a manufacturer of goods
… mit und ohne Systembeteiligungspflicht Welche Verpackungsarten gibt es und welche gesetzlichen Pflichten…
I would like to find out if I have to register with the LUCID Packaging Register
… That makes it easier to detect breaches of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act).
Code_of_Conduct_Stiftung_Zentrale_Stelle_Verpackungsregister.pdf
…Code of Conduct der Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister Die Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister…
20220602_PM_Produktverantwortung_2.0.pdf
… nachkommen: Mit der Novelle des Verpackungsgesetzes zum 1. Juli 2022 reagiert der…
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.