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Obligations overview: registration, participation, reporting

Businesses placing packaged goods on the German market on a commercial basis have to comply with the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). The obligations they have to fulfil depend on the packaging type.

Packaging categorisation and system participation

What types of packaging are there? What are the statutory obligations that come with each of them?

Registration

Every company that distributes packaged good commercially on the German market or imports packaged goods into Germany has to register with the LUCID Packaging Register, regardless of where in the world that company is based.

System participation

Pay for the recycling of your packaging subject to system participation (retail, grouped or shipment packaging) by concluding a system participation agreement with a system operator.

Data reporting

Regularly report the volumes of your packaging subject to system participation to your system operator and the LUCID Packaging Register.

What types of packaging are there? What are the obligations that come with each of them?

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Checklist: Determining relevance

Check whether any obligations under German packaging law apply to your company.

Checklist: How to fulfil your obligations under German packaging law in three steps

Registration, participation, reporting: Find out how to fulfil your obligations that relate to packaging subject to system participation.

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