Sell to Germany. We handle your German packaging EPR.

Extended Producer Responsibility means that the responsible producer finances and organises defined obligations for packaging placed on a market, including system participation and quantity reporting.

PPWR is the common abbreviation for Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. It generally applies from 12 August 2026.

Under the current German rules, foreign businesses without a German establishment that supply packaging or packaged products directly to German end users must appoint a German authorised representative.

Yes, it can. Third-country sellers shipping directly to German end users are the primary target group for this service. Eligibility is checked before appointment.

Under the current rules it can apply to businesses in other EU states without a German establishment. A pending EU proposal could change this for certain EU businesses, but it is not current law. We check before contracting.

Yes. Producer registration and changes to your registration master data remain your company’s personal duties.

No. PerliTech can provide practical guidance, but cannot take over the personal producer registration or master-data changes.

Once effectively appointed, PerliTech fulfils in its own name the applicable EPR obligations that legally fall to the authorised representative. Your own LUCID registration and master-data changes remain personal duties.

A dual system organises the nationwide collection, sorting and recycling of system-participating packaging. A participation agreement finances these services for the declared quantities.

No. The threshold does not remove registration, system participation or other EPR duties. It only affects the simplified LUCID reporting rhythm under the current rule.

Ordinary system-participating packaging made from paper/cardboard/carton, plastic, glass, aluminium, ferrous metals and comparable standard materials, subject to eligibility review.

PerliTech currently does not accept a standard mandate where German deposit obligations for single-use beverage packaging apply. Ordinary glass packaging is not automatically deposit-bearing, so we review the exact case before acceptance.

PerliTech currently does not accept a standard mandate where complex reusable or deposit systems apply. The case can still be reviewed individually before any mandate is accepted.

The primary focus is below 10 tonnes in the previous calendar year. This is not an EPR exemption. Before accepting a mandate, PerliTech checks whether the complete activity fits the service model.

Company and sales-channel details, German establishment status, packaging types and quantities, LUCID and system status, product brands, shipment estimates and a complete history of previous German sales.

Online marketplaces can request and verify EPR registration information. Their platform checks do not replace your legal packaging obligations.

There is no official EPR-agent certification claimed here. PerliTech acts on the basis of the required written representative agreement and the applicable LUCID/ZSVR appointment process.

Submitting the enquiry and a positive pre-check do not create a mandate. After eligibility, scope and any required history review, PerliTech decides whether the case can be accepted in principle. The parties then properly conclude the written German-language representative agreement. The manufacturer names PerliTech in LUCID, and the appointment becomes effective through the applicable LUCID/ZSVR confirmation process.

Inform PerliTech before relevant changes affect your German EPR position. This includes new packaging or product types, deposit or reusable systems, substantial quantity increases, new brands, a changed sales model, a German establishment or comparable changes. PerliTech then reviews whether the mandate can continue.

Not automatically. System participation and recycling costs are separate third-party costs unless an individual offer explicitly states otherwise.

No. PerliTech provides administrative EPR and compliance services. Individual legal assessments are outside the standard service and can be referred to qualified legal professionals.

Not necessarily. You must disclose the history. Depending on registration, system participation and reporting, earlier periods may require review or remediation.

Not always. Certain unfulfilled packaging obligations may concern earlier periods and may need to be addressed before or after an appointment.

The facts must be reviewed before mandate acceptance. Subsequent system participation or other remediation may be required, but the website cannot decide that automatically.

Because an authorised representative may have to address certain outstanding obligations from earlier periods. A truthful compliance history is essential before PerliTech accepts a mandate.