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Selling into Germany? Here is what you need.

Packaging register, recycling scheme, representative and reporting for Germany — with the official source and the date each rule applies.

Check my obligations for Germany

At a glanceDE

LUCID (Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister)

Scheme

a dual system (e.g. Der Grüne Punkt, Interzero, Landbell)

Representative (packaging)

Required

Next report

15 May 2027

— 01

Who is the producer

If you deliver directly to consumers or business end users in Germany from another country, you are the producer there.

— 02

Representative

Representative required for foreign direct-to-end-user producers. LUCID registration stays in the producer’s own name; the representative accepts it. Amazon blocks listings without a LUCID number.

— 03

Thresholds

No small-quantity exemption.

Step by step

What to do

Packaging

since 1 Jan 2019

Packaging

Join a dual system (e.g. Der Grüne Punkt, Interzero, Landbell)

since 1 Jan 2019

Packaging

Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)

Representative required for foreign direct-to-end-user producers. LUCID registration stays in the producer’s own name; the representative accepts it. Amazon blocks listings without a LUCID number.

since 12 Aug 2026

Packaging

Report packaging quantities — Routine reports per system contract; Declaration of Completeness only above thresholds

due 15 May 2027

Packaging

Mainly paid to the dual system; LUCID itself is free.

Packaging

Labelling: Material identification under VerpackG §6; extra symbols voluntary.

Batteries, electronics, textiles

Batteries: separate register and scheme; representative required since 18 Aug 2025.

WEEE: separate register and scheme; representative by written mandate (Directive 2012/19/EU Art. 17).

Textiles: EPR scheme due by 17 Apr 2028.

Labelling

Material marking

Material identification under VerpackG §6; extra symbols voluntary.

Source

EU harmonised sorting labels (PPWR Art. 12) from 12 Aug 2028 or later, per implementing act.

Marketplaces

AmazonLUCID registration number in Seller Central — without it: Listing deactivated

Online marketplacesNational rules already make platforms check EPR numbers in some markets (e.g. DE since 2022); EU-wide checks follow once harmonised registers exist — without it: Platform may block sales

Published fees (€/kg)

Paper & cardboard	0.269
Plastic, rigid	1.115
Plastic, flexible	1.115
Glass	0.083
Aluminium	0.994
Steel / tin	0.994

Dual system (Zmart / Lizenzero range) · Minimum €39–59 per year · indicative · tariff source pending · verify with the scheme before budgeting

Official source: www.verpackungsregister.org/en/i-want-to-know-what-changed-o · 2026.6-draft