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?
Using an XML interface to upload your data
… Companies using packaging that is subject to system participation to distribute their goods, i.e.…
40-000_Other_technical_products.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
Practical information on auditing declarations of completeness
… duly participated their packaging with a system and paid for that packaging's recycling. …
Case_report_02_2025_Online_pharmacy.pdf
… make up for five years of non-compliance with the system participation requirement, paying millions…
33-000_Print_media.pdf
12-000_Adhesives.pdf
Drop shipping
… are selling. They also do not have to conclude a system participation agreement or report their packaging…
20260416_PM_Responsibility_shifts_to_retailers_under_the_PPWR.pdf
… under the PPWR: companies failing to adjust their system participation may face a distribution ban The EU…
Videos
… explainer videos on important topics including system participation, the ZSVR's duties and using our…
02-130_Fats___oils.pdf
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.