EU PPWR
Germany's packaging law since 12 August 2026, replacing VerpackG and requiring LUCID registration under § 6, dual-system licensing and volume reporting for all packaging placed on the German market.
The Verpackungsgesetz (VerpackG) replaced the older packaging ordinance in 2019 and was tightened in 2022. It was itself repealed on 12 August 2026 and replaced by the Verpackungsrecht-Durchführungsgesetz (VerpackDG), promulgated 13 July 2026 (BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 207), which implements the PPWR at national level. Registration is now governed by § 6 VerpackDG rather than § 9 VerpackG. The law requires registration in LUCID, licensing with a dual system for household packaging, and annual volume reporting, with an independently audited declaration above defined volume thresholds.
Scope is broad. Household packaging, shipping boxes used in e-commerce, and service packaging filled at the point of sale are all captured, though the mechanism differs by type. Transport packaging carries a take-back obligation rather than a licence fee.
Enforcement is active and administrative fines are substantial. Because LUCID is public, non-registration is easy for authorities and competitors to spot.
Germany's mandatory public register where producers declare themselves and their packaging volumes before licensing with a dual system.
The German model in which competing private schemes collect and recycle household packaging alongside the municipal waste system.
The EU regulation that replaces the packaging directive with directly applicable rules on recyclability, recycled content, reuse and labelling.
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