German EPR, from source to control.
Fifteen guides built from German and EU primary sources, with regulatory facts separated from working assumptions, platform policy and open decisions.
Who must appoint an authorised representative in Germany?
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.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
StreamsGerman WEEE: the electrical register, brands, categories and the guarantee
Why electrical registration is slower than packaging, what an insolvency-proof guarantee is for, and how the representative route differs.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
ReportsThe German completeness declaration: thresholds, audit and 15 May
Who actually has to file an audited completeness declaration, what the three thresholds mean and why the authorities can ask regardless.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
TransitionEvery German dual-system contract expires on 31 December 2026
What section 68 VerpackDG changed, which dates are statutory and which are interpretation, and why the fourth quarter of 2026 is a re-contracting window.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
CostsWhat a German packaging licence actually costs
Prepaid entry prices, weight-based tariffs, why no official rate exists and how to read a market average without mistaking it for a published tariff.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RegistrationYour register login asks for an authorised representative. What now?
The prompt shown to already-registered foreign producers since 12 August 2026, what it actually requires, and why the retrofit is the shortest route in the German catalogue.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RegistrationRegistering in the German packaging register as a foreign seller
The four registration screens, the tax number that is accepted, the brand names that matter and why nobody may complete the entry for you.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
ComparisonGerman EPR compared with Spain, Portugal and Italy
Five controls compared across four markets: registration, representation, contributions, reports and the local specialty that catches sellers out.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
GuidesEPR in Germany: a practical guide for foreign sellers
A careful map of the packaging register, the mandatory authorised representative, dual-system participation, volume reports and the separate electrical, battery and single-use-plastic streams.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
LicensingThe ten German dual systems, and how to choose one
What a dual system does, why the central agency may not advise on price, how market shares have shifted, and what actually differentiates the contracts.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
ReportsGerman volume reports: the mirror rule and the small-producer route
The four report types, why every report is filed twice, when a single annual report replaces mirroring and how discrepancies are detected.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
StreamsGerman battery duties under the BattDG
What replaced the old battery act on 7 October 2025, how embedded batteries are treated and why the packaging file never covers them.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
RepresentationThe German authorised representative: mandate, form and liability
What the Bevollmächtigter actually assumes, why the mandate must be in German and signed by hand or with a qualified electronic signature, and what stays with the producer.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
MarketplacesAmazon and German EPR: register checks, self-certification and no pay-on-behalf
What Amazon has verified since 2022, what changed for marketplaces in August 2026, and why nobody can register on your behalf in Germany.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
EnforcementYou received a packaging cease-and-desist letter. Read this first.
What a German Abmahnung is, what the case law does and does not say, why the register being public matters, and what not to sign in a hurry.
18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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