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Below you will find selected information and releases from the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) on the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and the work of the ZSVR.

For all information and press releases on our German website please click here.


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No label, no deposit: online shop fails to comply with deposit obligation and is issued five-figure fine

A new ZSVR case report showcases the consequences of failing to comply with packaging law obligations. A German online shop, whose sales include beverages in single-use beverage packaging subject to deposit, failed to comply with the deposit…

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ZSVR publishes new case report: online shop fails to comply with deposit obligation and is issued fine

A German online shop placed single-use beverage packaging filled with different sodas and energy drinks on the German market, but failed to label this packaging as subject to deposit or charge a deposit. That is why the shop’s operator has had to…

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Taking stock of successes, failures and challenges in recycling – how we make sure packaging is fit for high-quality recycling

The share of packaging fit for high-quality recycling is on the rise, with most statutory recycling targets being met by the dual systems. However, there were also serious shortfalls to the statutory quotas in 2022. The Zentrale Stelle…

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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 Court. The court decision confirms and supports…

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ZSVR strikes off expert from the register of auditors

What happened? With a notice dated 23 December 2022, the ZSVR had removed a registered expert from the register of auditors for two years following repeated and gross breaches of the audit guidelines on systems' volume flow records and declarations…

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