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.
About the catalogue
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20200319_PM_ZSVR-publishes-case-reports-on-own-investigations.pdf
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Public registers
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Declaration of completeness
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Subject-specific-paper_Information-concerning-imports.pdf
Information concerning imports: Who is the initial…
20201118_PM_Annual_balance_the_LUCID_Packaging_Register.pdf
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Checking a registration status
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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 October 2021.
Special provisions for service packaging
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Court confirms ZSVR’s strike off of expert from the register of auditors
An expert was struck off the register of auditors by the ZSVR for repeated gross breaches of the ZSVR’s audit guidelines. The strike off action has now been confirmed by the Osnabrück Administrative
