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Use public guidance to separate the mandatory authorised representative, the packaging register, dual-system participation and volume reports. If you ask for help, the EPR Europe team reviews the facts before any proposal.
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Built for non-resident businesses placing packaged products on the German market.
12 Aug 2026
An authorised representative established in Germany became mandatory for producers without a German establishment selling to German end users.
31 Dec 2026
Every dual-system contract concluded under the repealed packaging act expires at the latest at the end of that day.
< 10 t
Below 10 tonnes of system-relevant packaging in the previous year, one annual report can replace mirroring each report.
4 streams
Packaging, electrical equipment, batteries and single-use plastics keep separate registrations, evidence and recurring duties.
Sources reviewed 18 August 2026: the VerpackDG consolidated text · guidance published by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister · the public producer register · applicable EU regulations. Live sources are rechecked before an operational commitment.
Each service separates public guidance, working assumptions and decisions controlled by the central agency, the packaging register, a dual system or another third party.
Service — authorised representation
A German-established authorised representative under section 5 VerpackDG, mandatory since 12 August 2026 for foreign sellers shipping to German end users.
View service →Service — packaging EPR
Map the responsible producer, appoint an authorised representative, complete a guided register entry, join a dual system and keep volume reports consistent.
View service →Service — register entry
Registration in the German packaging register is a personal duty. We prepare every field, guide the session you run yourself and verify the entry in the public register.
View service →Service — packaging licence
Join one of the ten authorised German dual systems, licence your packaging volumes and file the initial planned-volume report consistently in the register.
View service →Service — recurring reports
Keep dual-system reports and register reports identical, use the small-producer annual route where it applies, and know when an audited completeness declaration is due.
View service →The scope check separates marketplace, own-shop, business end-user and German reseller routes before drawing a conclusion.
Run the scope checkA marketplace order is a distance sale to a German end user, so it carries the same duties as your own shop. No platform arrangement relieves the seller.
Representative requiredTreated identically to a marketplace sale. If the company has no German establishment, the representative duty applies and the register entry stays personal to you.
Representative requiredA German establishment takes the producer outside the representative duty; it registers and reports itself. A fulfilment warehouse is not an establishment.
Domestic routeWhere a German company is first in the chain and resells the goods as supplied, that company is the producer instead.
Contract checkEach sales route is mapped separately before a mandate, register entry or contract decision.
Manual reviewRead the guides, services, FAQs and primary sources without registering.
Answer a short set of questions about the entity, products, channels and EPR streams.
See an indicative route and the facts that still need human confirmation.
The EPR Europe team replies by email; any proposal or service is agreed separately.
Indicative references: Standard €349/year plus €150 setup, and eligible Amazon Starter from €249 in year one. These are not an offer and exclude the dual-system licence, taxes, guarantees and other third-party costs.
What is never left implicit
For marketplace sellers
Selling into Germany through Amazon or another marketplace? Map the entity, streams and official evidence before relying on an account field.
I sell on marketplaces →
For direct-to-consumer brands
Selling through your own store? Join entity, channel, fulfilment packaging, the register entry and the mandatory representative in one map.
I run my own store →
For electronics and battery sellers
A device, its battery and its packaging can create three German EPR files. Keep classifications, evidence and fees separate.
I sell electronics →
For professionals supporting sellers
Supporting sellers into Germany? Share an independent public resource and let each client decide whether to request help.
I support sellers →Registers, mandates, licences, reports and marketplace decisions are separate. Always match the document to the entity, product stream and sales route.
Central agency
Operates the LUCID packaging register and the public producer register, confirms authorised-representative designations and cross-checks volume reports. It may not advise on the choice of dual system or on prices.
Ten authorised systems
Organise collection and recovery of household packaging. One contract with any one of them covers Germany. They set their own tariffs, so no statutory packaging rate exists.
Electrical register
Registers producers of electrical and electronic equipment per brand and category and administers the guarantee required for household equipment. It is a separate regime from packaging.
PPWR framework
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 has applied since 12 August 2026 and the German implementation act took effect on the same day. Implementing measures continue to develop.
eprdeutschland.com is an independent private service and is not affiliated with, approved or endorsed by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, the LUCID packaging register, any dual system, stiftung ear, the Umweltbundesamt or Amazon. Germany operates no approval scheme for authorised representatives. Each organisation controls its own decisions and evidence.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
How section 5(2) VerpackDG reaches EU and non-EU sellers alike, what a German establishment changes, and why marketplace and own-shop sales are treated identically.
Read the guide18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Why electrical registration is slower than packaging, what an insolvency-proof guarantee is for, and how the representative route differs.
Read the guide18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
Who actually has to file an audited completeness declaration, what the three thresholds mean and why the authorities can ask regardless.
Read the guideAny paid work is confirmed in writing before engagement.