VerpackunsG

Packaging Act (VerpackG)

On January 1st, 2019 the new Packaging Act (VerpackG) came into force and replaces the Packaging Ordinance (VerpackV) that was in effect to date. Changes in the Packaging Act from July 3rd, 2021

The Central Office for Packaging Register (packaging register for short), based in Osnabrück, has since been responsible for monitoring and ensuring legally compliant licensing.

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Our Services with the VerpackG

  • We will provide the authorized representative for you if you do not have a registered office in the EU (Optional)
  • We take care of the registration with the Foundation Central Office Packaging Register (LUCID)
  • We support you with the data reporting.
  • We take over the communication as well as solicitation of offers for the dual systems.
  • As a rule, registration takes place within 48 hours and licensing within 14 working days.

Important: According to the law, WeHandel, as a service provider, is not allowed to report to the central office for our customers. Registration and subsequent reports must be made personally. WeHandel accompanies you without intervening directly and ensures that entries are free of errors. WeHandel can take over the subsequent licensing for the dual systems for you.

Note: Your quantity in the LUCID portal must always match the quantity in your selected dual system.

Full-Service Packge

per year
€ 148
00
  • incl. registration and quantity reporting
  • incl. minimum quantity
- 17%

+ Paper

per year
€ 219
00
  • per ton
  •  

+ Plastic

per year
€ 868
00
  • per ton
  •  
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What is the VerpackG (Packaging Act) for?

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Environmentally friendly recycling and fair cost allocation.

The Central Office for Packaging Register Foundation aims to improve packaging recycling and introduce standards for recycling-friendly design.

The dual systems must report annually how they have promoted recyclable packaging and the use of recycled materials and how much packaging they have sent for high-quality recycling. Ecologically advantageous packaging is to be given greater benefits. Anyone who opts for ecologically beneficial packaging should then benefit from it. Overall, more environmentally friendly recycling and a fair distribution of costs are important goals of the new packaging law.

Who needs to register with the VerpackG?

All distributors of products are affected by the VerpackG (Packaging Act), including manufacturers of packaging.

Does all of my packaging require registration and licensing?

In principle, only packaging that typically occurs at the private end consumer or at the same point of origin as the private end consumer applies.

Papier

Paper & Carton Packaging

Synthetische Verpackungen

Synthetic Material Packaging

Industrieverpackung

Industrial Packaging

Aluminium Verpackung

Aluminum Packaging

Glas

Glass

Getraenkeverpackung

Beverage Carton

Verbundmaterialien

Composite Materials

Nicht Eisen Metalle

Non-Ferrous Metal

How does the registration and licensing work?

As a manufacturer / distributor, you register with the Central Office for Packaging Register Foundation in the LUCID portal and must also license your packaging with one of the dual systems.

What happens if I disregard the Packaging Act?

Every licensee can see via the public manufacturer register whether his market competitor is also registered. If he does not, his products are no longer allowed to be placed on the market and he faces fines of up to 200,000 euros. In this way, the market participants can monitor each other.

Attention: Changes in the Packaging Act from July 3rd, 2021

A brief overview of the most important changes to the Packaging Act

  • Foreign obligated parties / distributors have had the option of appointing an authorized representative since July 3rd, 2021 (Section 3 (14a), Section 9 (2), Section 35 of the Packaging Act). If you do not have a branch in Germany, you can transfer almost all obligations to an authorized representative. But: The obligation to register under Section 9 of the Packaging Act with the Central Packaging Register (ZSVR) is not transferable (see above). This still has to be done personally.

  • E-commerce marketplaces and fulfillment service providers (e.g. Amazon) have new responsibilities (Section 3 Paragraph 14b; Section 3 Paragraph 14c; Section 7 Paragraph 7; Section 9 Paragraph 5 Packaging Act). You are now obliged to check whether manufacturers of packaged goods are listed on their platform in the Central Agency’s packaging register. Otherwise, they are not allowed to offer the products. There is a one-year transition period until July 1, 2022.

  • The registration requirement will be expanded from July 3rd, 2022 (Section 7 (2) sentences 2 and 3; Section 9 (3) of the Packaging Act). “Manufacturers” of service packaging are obliged to register, even if they purchase goods that have already been registered through the previous distributor.

  • The take-back and recycling obligations have been expanded (Section 15, Paragraph 3, Clause 3; Section 15, Paragraph 3 (new: Paragraph 5) Packaging Act), valid since July 3rd, 2021: Evidence is provided of compliance with the return and recycling requirements for transport packaging respectively. Manufacturers of transport packaging must also register in the LUCID of the ZSVR from July 1st, 2022.

  • Manufacturers or distributors of packaging or disposable beverage packaging as well as systems and industry solutions downstream in the supply chain must have appropriate financial and organizational resources available for management, including the separate collection and provision of sorting and treatment processes (Section 15 (4) of the Packaging Act).

 

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