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.
Have you commissioned a third party to package these goods?
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ZSVR launches fully available English website
The website of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has been fully available in English since 19 June 2020.
Have you filled this packaging with goods on behalf of a third party?
4.8 How often do I have to submit data reports?
… to report the same information to the LUCID…
Technical Cookies
… of LUCID. The information it contains…
Overview of the amendments
… Register. Further information can be found in…
Systembeteiligung_und_Datenmeldung_-_so_gehts_EN.pdf
… 'Start' For more information about data…
Verpackungsregister
… our name. For more information, please refer to…
2.11 Can an appointed third party (broker, registered auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) register and report data to the ZSVR on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… personally. The information and declarations…
Webinar: 'Declaration of completeness' audit guidelines
… looking for further information about how to…