Lizenzero or an authorised representative: what is the difference?

Q: Lizenzero or an authorised representative: what is the difference?

Lizenzero is the online licensing shop of Interzero, one of the dual systems: it sells system participation for your packaging. A company with no establishment in Germany also needs an authorised representative under § 5 VerpackDG, named in LUCID by written mandate in German. lizenzero.com publishes €299 per country for its EPR compliance offer, with system fees on top; our representative service is €149 a year, no setup fee, with licence fees at cost.

Lizenzero is Interzero's online shop for a packaging licence. A company with no German establishment also needs an authorised representative under § 5 VerpackDG. Prices from our dated dataset.

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 9 November 2026 · Sources linked below

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Different roles.

	Licensing shop (e.g. Lizenzero)	Authorised representative
What it does	Sells the dual-system licence	Takes on the producer duties in Germany (§ 5 VerpackDG)
Needed by	Every producer	Producers with no German establishment
Published price	lizenzero.com: €299 per country, system fees on top	EPR Germany Rep: €149 a year, licence fees at cost

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