Reliable support with your EPR obligations

• Assistance with categorising your electrical appliances
• Free consultation on your WEEE registration
• Provision of the insolvency-safe guarantee
• Provision of Authorised Representative services (only necessary for foreign companies)
• Applying for your WEEE registration with the stiftung elektro-altgeräte register (stiftung ear)
• Takeover of all communication with authorities
• Access to our online portal for your monthly quantitiy reports
• Monitoring of deadlines with regard to statutory reporting periods
• Disposal as part of pick-up orders by stiftung ear
• Monitoring changes to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElekroG)
• Support for sales in other EU countries

It provides comprehensive regulation of electrical and electronic equipment, covering everything from placing it on the market to take-back and environmentally sound disposal. Its purpose is to encourage the reuse and recycling of waste equipment, thereby improving the use of resources.

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The Act was first introduced in 2005 and has been revised several times since then:

• ElektroG1 (2005): Introduction of basic obligations for producers and distributors, in particular regarding the registration and take-back of waste equipment.
• ElektroG2 (2015): Extension of the scope to all electrical appliances, introduction of new types of appliances such as photovoltaic modules, and increased information requirements for producers and distributors. An authorised representative for companies not based in Germany will be mandatory
• From 1 May 2019, so-called passive end devices – i.e. those that merely conduct electricity, such as sockets or light switches – will also be considered electrical or electronic equipment within the meaning of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG).
• ElektroG3 (2022): Further adjustments, including improved collection of old appliances, removal of batteries and return of disposable electronic products such as e-cigarettes. In addition, consumer information has been standardised and return options expanded. For example, food retailers above a certain size are now also required to take back electrical appliances.

ElektroG4 (2026): The amendment is scheduled to come into force as early as January 2026. One significant change (innovation) is expected to be the obligation for retailers to take back so-called e-cigarettes.

• Support with categorising your batteries
• Free consultation regarding your battery registration
• Participation in a take-back system or an organisation for producer responsibility (PRO)
• Provision of authorised representative services (only necessary for foreign companies)
• Applying for battery registration with the German authority stiftung ear

• Takeover of all communication with authorities
• Access to our online portal for your regular quantitiy reports
• Monitoring of deadlines with regard to notification periods
• Monitoring of changes to BattVO (EU) 2023/1542 / Battery Implementation Act

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• Change from notification to registration requirement for proders at the Federal Environment Agency
• Competition between take-back systems instead of a solidarity system
• Involvement of the stiftunge ear for approvals and enforcement

06.10.2025: BattDG – The Battery Implementation Act (BattDG) comes into force and replaces the Battery Act (BattG).

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• since 18 August 2024: all new batteries that are brought onto the market from this date must bear a CE mark
• Since 06 October 2025, the Battery Implementation Act (BattDG) has been in force and implements the EU BattVO in Germany.

3 types of batteries become 5 battery categories:

• The newly introduced battery categories are: portable batteries, starting, lighting and ignition batteries (SLI), light means of transportation batteries (LMT), electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries
• Batteries and accumulators must be registered with an indication of the chemical composition

The Authorised Representative becomes an obligation

• Companies without a registered office in Germany must appoint an authorised representative for registration.

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Obligation to participate in a producer responsibility organization (PRO) for each of the new five battery categories

• Free advice regarding your packaging registration
• Participation to a dual system and license your packaging
• Provision the Authorised Representative service (possible only for foreign companies)
• Access to our online portal for your regular quantity reports
• Monitoring appointments with regard to reporting deadlines
• Monitoring of changes to the Packaging Act

The Packaging Act is primarily aimed at manufacturers, importers and distributors of packaged products, but also at consumers who are required to collect and dispose of them separately. The Central Packaging Register Office (ZSVR) with its LUCID platform is responsible for implementation.

If you sell packaged goods in Germany, you must register yourself via the LUCID platform. Even for companies not based in Germany, no third party may register for you. You can start your registration directly using the link below:

Home Central Office Packaging Register (ZSVR)

We are happy to assist, simply contact us.

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On June 12, 1991 The Packaging Ordinance (VerpackV) came into force in Germany. For implementation, the “Dual System Germany” (DSD) founded — known for the “Green Dot”. It was the first comprehensive take-back system for sales packaging in Germany.

In subsequent years, the Packaging Ordinance was amended several times (1990s-2010s):

Challenges:

• Free riders: Many companies did not log on to the systems correctly.
• Inefficiency and lack of transparency in the dual system.
• Recycling rates stagnated in part.

Am January 1, 2019, the VerpackG came into force and replaced the Packaging Ordinance.

What's new:

• Central Packaging Register Office (ZSVR): Supervisory body to monitor producers obligations.
• Mandatory registration: Producers must register with ZSVR and report regularly how many quantities of packaging have been placed on the market.
• Licensing requirement: Participation in a dual system remains mandatory. There are now various dual systems.
• More transparency: Publicly available register of all registered companies (“LUCID”).

From July 1, 2022, amendment: All packaging, including packaging that is only delivered to final consumers (e.g. in the case of e-commerce), must be registered.

• Mandatory reusable offer in restaurants (e.g. for coffee-to-go cups).

Clearer labeling requirements for packaging will follow.

Online platforms must prove that retailers are correctly registered on the platforms and have joined a dual system.

On August 12, 2026 If the PPWR (EU Packaging Ordinance) comes into force in Europe, this will lead to an amendment to the German Packaging Act.

Measures will gradually come into force until 2030.

Objectives of the PPWR:

Reduce packaging waste — both in absolute terms and per capita

Strengthen reusability and recyclability

Making packaging more sustainable overall

Preventing greenwashing — clear labeling and material rules

Harmonize the internal market — same rules for all EU states