Checked: 7 November 2026 — the date every statement on this page was checked against the sources below.
Seven typical situations sellers face in Germany, each worked through from who the producer is to what to do next. The businesses are invented for illustration; the rules and our prices are real. Each page links to the sourced answers behind it. 
VerpackDG § 5
Pick the closest situation
- A UK seller with Amazon FBA stock in German warehouses
- An online store whose supplier ships from China
- An EU brand already registered in LUCID that must add a representative
- An electronics brand: packaging, electricals and batteries
- A supplier shipping pallets to German factories
- Soft drinks in single-use cans sold online to Germany
- A marketplace blocks listings for a missing LUCID number
None of them fits?
Run the free check, or read the answers by topic.
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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