Checked: 6 November 2026 — the date every statement on this page was checked against the sources below.
An online store shipping to German consumers has the same duties as a marketplace seller, even though nobody asks for the LUCID number at checkout. You register in LUCID, license the product packaging and the shipping packaging with a dual system, and without a German establishment you appoint an authorised representative. Sources (2)
ZSVRZSVR — Mail order companies and online retailers
VerpackDG § 7VerpackDG § 7
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Razvan Toma is the founder of EPR Germany Rep and of EPR France Rep, the French sister service. He has worked in waste management and recycling since 2009, running waste-separation programmes inside large B2B organisations in France for clients including Chanel, Microsoft, Decathlon, Pirelli, IKEA, Vinci, Capgemini and E.Leclerc. He reads the statutes and the regulator's own guidance directly, and publishes what they say — including when it means telling a visitor they do not need to buy anything.
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