You act as an intermediate retailer and receive products in their packaging? We will show you which packaging you are responsible for and therefore have to commission a dual system to collect, sort and recycle the packaging. This is done via a license agreement that you conclude for your packaging - preferably right here via Lizenzero. You will have completely fulfilled your to-do's with the registration and data reporting in the LUCID packaging register. Find out more.
Use our examples to find out which packaging you are responsible for:
You order products from German producers/retailers and sell them on
You are responsible for the following packaging and require a packaging license for this:
- Packaging, including all components that you fill yourself or add to the goods
You are not responsible for this packaging:
- The previously filled product packaging
Note: As the final distributor, you are responsible for providing proof of the packaging. Therefore, ask your producer/retailer to confirm the license.
You order products abroad and sell them on
You are responsible for the following packaging and need a packaging licence for this:*
- All packaging and packaging components that come to Germany with the products
- All packaging that you still use yourself and add for further distribution
*Since you as the importer actively bring the goods to Germany, you are normally also responsible for the packaging imported with them. You can find out more about import responsibilities here: Responsibilities as an importer
You send goods to German companies like cinemas, hotels or hospitals
If your customers belong to the so-called equivalent sources (e.g. sports stadiums, cinemas, hospitals, hotels, etc.), they are also to be considered private end users; according to the German Packaging Act, you are therefore responsible for licensing the following packaging:
- all packaging (product and/or shipping packaging) that you fill yourself
Packaging licensing that can do more
How it works
Calculate licence fee
Enter your packaging volumes per material in our calculator.
If you don't know your volumes, our calculation tool can help.
Create a Lizenzero account
The next step is to create your customer account.
This will give you access to many great services that will make your life easier (e.g. volume download for LUCID).
Close licence
Select your payment method and confirm the conclusion of the contract. That's it!
Achieve more
We not only recycle your packaging and thus save large volumes of greenhouse gases and primary raw materials, but also renaturalise a piece of moorland under the motto ‘We want Moore’.
You can find all the information here.
Achieve more
We not only recycle your packaging and thus save large volumes of greenhouse gases and primary raw materials, but also renaturalise a piece of moorland under the motto ‘We want Moore’.
You can find all the information here.
