Checked: 6 November 2026 — the date every statement on this page was checked against the sources below.
Every company with no establishment in Germany that sells packaged goods to end users there needs a German authorised representative, whether it is based in the EU or outside it. Your home country's registrations do not cover Germany. Pick your country for what applies to you. Sources (2)
VerpackDG § 5VerpackDG § 5
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWRegulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)
Outside the EU
- United States
- China
- Australia
- Canada
- India
- Japan
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Türkiye
- Hong Kong
- Switzerland
- Norway
- United Kingdom
Inside the EU
VerpackDG § 5 Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPW
German companies
Established in Germany? You need no representative, but you can hand the work over under a mandate. See packaging EPR for German companies.
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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