How to report packaging weights for EPR in Germany

Q: How do I report packaging weights for EPR in Germany?

Twice from the same figures: you license your packaging with a dual system by material type and weight, then report the same figures in LUCID (§ 9 VerpackDG). If you made available under 10 tonnes of system-participation packaging the previous year, you report the year once, by 1 June of the following year. Count every layer that reaches the customer, shipping box and filling included. With a representative, it files these for you.

How do I report packaging weights for EPR in Germany?

License the weights by material with your dual system, then report the same figures in LUCID. Under 10 tonnes a year, once by 1 June for the previous year.

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

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Quick answer

Same figures, two places.

Weigh each packaging material you ship to German consumers: product packaging, shipping box, filling, tape.
License those weights by material with your dual system (§ 7 VerpackDG).
Report the same figures in LUCID: registration number, materials and masses, the system, the period (§ 9(1)).
Under 10 tonnes a year: one report, by 1 June for the previous year (§ 9(2)).

See how to weigh your packaging, shipping boxes and filling and when to report.

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