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Only if you fulfil your producer responsibility individually. § 59(1) VerpackDG names dual systems, other producer-responsibility organisations, operators of industry solutions and producers who fulfil their EPR individually. § 59(2) gives examples: raising the share of reusable packaging, investing to cut material in reusables, informing people about reuse and refill, and promoting cheap or free tap water in catering in reusable or refillable containers. They may coordinate within competition law. § 59(3): document the measures by 31 March for the previous year and show them to the Land authority on request. Typically this concerns B2B producers approved under § 19. 
VerpackDG § 59
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