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Despite the EU-wide Packaging Regulation, national procedures and regulations still vary in every member state. Authorised Representatives help producers and retailers meet all needed requirements in every EU country.

LUCID registration alone is not enough. Retailers and producers must also take part in a waste management scheme and report their packaging data correctly. Missing reports or leaving out information could lead to significant fines – now is the time to check and correct your records!

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has applied in the Czech Republic since August 2026, but national packaging rules are still evolving. Businesses should review their Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations based on their sales channels, especially for cross-border B2C shipments.

Great news! In 2026, take-e-way achieved a kununu rating of 4.68 out of 5. This places us in the top 10 of small and medium-sized enterprises in Hamburg.

From 2027, Switzerland will move closer to EU rules on recycling and producer responsibility. However, its packaging laws will remain separate, so companies must meet Swiss requirements in addition to EU obligations.

Under the PPWR, packaging responsibility usually falls to the company that controls its design or production. Print-on-demand providers and retailers should define their roles early to make sure all requirements are met correctly.

The new Battery Regulation makes registration of energy storage systems mandatory. As a result, a simple check of the battery register can quickly reveal whether a product is being marketed legally in Germany, as a recent case from the online retail sector demonstrates.

“With the application of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the German Packaging Law Implementation Act (VerpackDG), the responsibilities relating to service packaging will change fundamentally. On the one hand, this will concern businesses that use this type of packaging and have their name, logo or brand printed on it. On the other hand, packaging manufacturers, importers and wholesalers may also have to fulfil packaging law obligations, depending on their role in the supply chain. What's more: in most cases, it will no longer be possible to fulfil these obligations by purchasing pre-participated service packaging”, the ZSVR (Central Agency Packaging Register) states.

“Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), packaging used for online sales or other means of distance selling is considered e-commerce packaging. E-commerce packaging is categorised as transport packaging. Online retailers need to clarify whether they will be considered manufacturers as from 12 August 2026 and thus (as has often been the case in practice) producers because this would mean that they are responsible for packaging compliance and for financing packaging recycling, as well as for the associated registration and reporting obligations”, the ZSVR (Central Agency Packaging Register) states.

Under the German Packaging Law Implementation Act (VerpackDG), registration and data reporting obligations cannot be delegated to third parties. However, Section 7 of the VerpackDG does not prohibit outsourcing the obligation to participate in a packaging scheme. As a result, this obligation may, in principle, be contractually assigned to a third party.