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.
System participation
…packaging you are using to distribute your goods subject to system participation (retail, grouped or shipment…
Overview of system operators
… Every company is free to choose a system operator to conclude a system participation agreement with. There are…
Overview
… Are you placing packaging that is subject to system participation on the German market? If the answer is 'yes', you…
Catalogue search
… The guidelines can help you use the system participation requirement catalogue as an…
System volume flow record audit guidelines
… of auditors are required to adhere to the 'system volume flow record' audit guidelines when auditing…
Special provisions for service packaging
… has already participated the packaging with a system. In other words: the supplier or wholesaler has…
Can an upstream distributor of service packaging to whom the system participation requirement has been shifted pass on the system participation requirement?
… No, that is not possible. The possibility to pass on the system participation requirement serves to reduce the…
What requirements must be met for system participation?
… System participation must occur in one or more systems licensed by the responsible state authority. This ensures…
ZSVR_Development-of-system-participation-volumes.pdf
System participation 2017–2020 Degree of participation: development and outlook 100,0% Conclusion: the…
Does the system participation requirement also apply to the distribution of goods in used packaging?
… The system participation requirement applies to packaging that typically accumulates as waste with private final…
