How to get a packaging EPR number (LUCID number) in Germany

Q: How do I get a packaging EPR number in Germany?

Germany's packaging EPR number is your LUCID registration number. You register your company yourself, free, in ZSVR's LUCID register at verpackungsregister.org, and LUCID issues the number. If your company has no establishment in Germany, you must name your German authorised representative in that entry, or the registration cannot be completed. Nobody else may register for you.

How do I get a packaging EPR number in Germany?

Register your company yourself, free, at verpackungsregister.org. LUCID issues the registration number. A company with no German establishment must name its representative in that entry.

Since 12 August 2026, § 5 VerpackDG, implementing Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, requires a producer with no establishment in Germany to appoint an authorised representative before it first makes packaging available in Germany. Read § 5

By Razvan Toma · Founder · Last checked 8 November 2026 · Sources linked below

Quick answer

It is your LUCID registration number, and you create it yourself.

Foreign company: sign the written mandate in German with your authorised representative first.
Register at verpackungsregister.org, free, with your company details, VAT number and every brand you sell under.
Name your representative in the entry; ZSVR says you cannot complete the registration without it if you must have one.
LUCID issues your registration number; give it to your dual system and your marketplaces.

Registration is a strictly personal duty: no service or marketplace may do it for you (why). See the steps.

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