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Press and media

For journalists and researchers covering German and EU packaging rules: a press contact, the spokesperson, dated figures, open datasets free to quote under CC BY 4.0, and logos.

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

Checked: 7 November 2026 — the date every statement on this page was checked against the sources below.

Quick answer

Writing about German or EU packaging rules? You are welcome to contact us, and our data is free to quote with a credit and a link. Send a short brief to hello@eprgermanyrep.com with your deadline. We reply in writing.

Contact us

Journalists, podcast hosts, trade publications and researchers are welcome to write to us about German or EU extended producer responsibility (EPR). Send a short brief to hello@eprgermanyrep.com with your deadline. We reply in writing.

Spokesperson

Razvan Toma

Razvan Toma, founder of EPR Germany Rep and of EPR France Rep, its French sister service. Company details · LinkedIn.

What we can comment on

The compulsory German representative: what § 5 VerpackDG changed on 12 August 2026 for producers with no German establishment. Our guide to the law.
EU packaging rules: what the PPWR requires and when. Our PPWR guide.
The size of the register: how many LUCID registrations there are, counted from the public register. LUCID market size.
What representation costs: published prices across providers, each linked to its source. Provider prices.
Deadlines and fines: every statutory date and penalty ceiling. Deadlines and fines.

Figures you can quote

Figure	Value	As of
Registrations in the LUCID packaging register	1,991,939	Our count of the ZSVR public register, 21 September 2026
LUCID registrations announced by ZSVR	Over 1,000,000, up from 55,000 five years earlier	ZSVR, 9 April 2024
Representative compulsory for producers not established in Germany	Since 12 August 2026	§ 5(2) VerpackDG, Article 45(3) PPWR

The method behind our count is published with the dataset.

ZSVR VerpackDG § 5 Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPW

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Our datasets are open under CC BY 4.0: use them with a credit to EPR Germany Rep and a link to the page you used. Each one carries its method, its sources and a date. Changes are logged in the public changelog.

News

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About the authorRazvan Toma

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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