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Packaging registration and the LUCID update

Since the EU Packaging Regulation applies, and Germany replaced its packaging law with the VerpackDG. If your shop was registered in LUCID before that day, you have until to update the registration. Here is what applies to shops in the launch countries.

Key date

This guide is technical help to understand the rules, not legal advice. Check the official source for your situation, or ask a lawyer when you are unsure.

Germany: update LUCID by the deadline

The Verpackungsrecht-Durchführungsgesetz (VerpackDG) replaced the Verpackungsgesetz on . Registrations made under the old law have to be updated to the new requirements by (§ 68 VerpackDG). The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister explains the steps on its website.

  • Register in LUCID before you sell packaged goods to customers in Germany. That includes shipping boxes and filling material, and there is no minimum quantity.
  • Take part in a dual system, a licensing scheme that collects and recycles the packaging.
  • Shops without an establishment in Germany appoint an authorised representative there.

Dates by country

Rules from the Shopproof rules data, version 0.9.0
WhereWhat appliesApplies fromLegal basis and official source
GermanyUpdate existing LUCID registrationVerpackDG § 68
Official source
GermanyLUCID registration and system participationVerpackDG §§ 6, 7, BGBl. 2026 I Nr. 207
Official source
GermanyGerman authorised representative for packagingVerpackDG § 5
Official source
EU-widePackaging EPR registration in each country of saleRegulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), Arts. 3(1)(15), 44
Official source
EU-widePackaging EPR authorised representative Being changedRegulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 45(3); procedure 2025/0395(COD)
Official source
EU-widePackaging sorting label info shown onlineRegulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 12(1),(5)
Official source
AustriaPackaging licensing with a collection systemAWG 2002; Verpackungsverordnung 2014, § 8
Official source
AustriaAustrian authorised representative for packagingVerpackungsverordnung 2014, §§ 16a-16e
Official source
FranceREP registration per streamCode de l'environnement L. 541-10 et seq., L. 541-10-13
Official source
FranceShow the EPR unique identifier (IDU)Code de l'environnement L. 541-10-10, L. 541-10-13, R. 541-173
Official source
ItalyCONAI membershipD.Lgs. 152/2006 art. 221 and art. 178-quater; Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45
Official source
ItalyPackaging environmental labellingD.Lgs. 152/2006 art. 219(5); DM MASE 360/2022
Official source
NetherlandsPackaging EPR (Verpact)Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014, arts. 1, 8a, 9
Official source

EU: register in each country you ship to

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40 treats a shop that ships packaged goods directly to consumers in another EU country as the producer of that packaging there. That means registering in each of those countries. Until the new national registers are ready, the existing national schemes carry on.

The regulation also asks shops to appoint an authorised representative in each other EU country they sell to. The EU is negotiating a pause of this duty for small sellers, and the European Commission has asked countries to enforce it pragmatically in the meantime. We will update this guide when the outcome is clear.

From , shops also show the packaging sorting information online, next to the product.

Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands

Each country has its own scheme, such as a collection and recovery system in Austria, the REP schemes and the unique identifier (IDU) in France, CONAI in Italy and Verpact in the Netherlands. The table above lists the rules we track, with their official sources. Thresholds and exemptions differ from country to country, so read the source for your situation.

How Shopproof helps

Registrations happen outside your shop, so no app can do them for you. The free rules checker lists the registrations for the countries you sell to, with official sources, and the free reminders tell you before each deadline. Shopproof Pro, coming after launch, adds alerts when a rule changes for your countries.

Official sources

Questions or corrections

Have a question about your shop, or spotted something out of date in this guide? Email us at hello@shopproof.app. We read every message and use good questions to improve the guides. We cannot give legal advice.

Checked against Shopproof rules data 0.9.0 on 2 November 2026. Rules we are still checking are left out.