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Germany's mandatory public register where producers declare themselves and their packaging volumes before licensing with a dual system.
LUCID is operated by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR). Any company placing packaged goods on the German market must register before the first shipment, receive a registration number, and declare the volumes it expects to place on the market. Registration is free; the licence fee is paid separately to a dual system.
The register is public and searchable, and retailers and marketplaces are required to check it. A missing LUCID number is a practical trading barrier as much as a legal risk: German marketplaces will block listings without one.
Volume declarations to LUCID and volumes licensed with the dual system are cross-checked. Producers should therefore treat the two submissions as one dataset with two destinations rather than two independent filings.
The German model in which competing private schemes collect and recycle household packaging alongside the municipal waste system.
Germany's packaging law, requiring LUCID registration, dual-system licensing and volume reporting for all packaging placed on the German market.
The legal entity responsible for registering and paying EPR fees on packaging, usually the brand owner and otherwise the importer or first seller.
Packgine resolves your packaging to component level and applies the rules of every market you sell into.