Overview
A “producer” in the EPR sense (extended producer responsibility, Art. 44–45 PPWR) is a separate role per member state with registration and financing obligations — in Germany via LUCID/ZSVR. The EPR registration assistant under Packaging → EPR registration (/packaging/epr) helps you keep track:
- determine which member states you must register in,
- prepare the registration data,
- open the relevant national portal, and
- track your registration numbers and their status.
Which member states are required
The assistant determines the required member states automatically from your packaging units: a unit contributes its market member states exactly when it is run as a market party (manufacturer, importer or distributor) and is flagged as a producer (isProducer). All member states determined this way are merged and listed — with DACH (DE, then AT) first.
A member state for which you have already recorded a registration number stays in the list, even if a unit’s role changes later. This ensures a recorded number is never lost.
| Column | Content |
|---|---|
| Member state | Name (for DE/AT: “LUCID (Germany / ZSVR)” and “Austria (EPR registration)“) |
| Registration number | Your recorded number (e.g. DE1234567890123) |
| Status | Not set / Registered / Pending / Not registered |
| Verification | Result of the register check (badge) |
| Guidance | The Prepare button |
If a unit has no establishment in the member state, the row notes that an EPR authorised representative (Art. 45(3)) is required. This is not the same as the conformity representative under Art. 17.
Preparing the registration
Prepare opens a dialog with the registration data and step-by-step guidance for the member state.
- Registration data (Annex IX Part A) — a checklist with the producer’s legal name, address, VAT / tax number and registration number, each marked present/missing. Plus a note to have your packaging types and brand names ready, since the national portal asks for these.
- EPR authorised representative (Art. 45(3)) — fields for the representative’s name and address where required.
- Step by step — the concrete steps for member states with guidance on file, followed by Open portal.
Guided instructions and portal deep links
Detailed instructions and deep links are on file for two member states: Germany — LUCID (ZSVR):
Portal: lucid.verpackungsregister.org
Austria — EDM (Umweltbundesamt): set up access to the EDM portal, register your role as producer/obligated party, enter packaging data and record the registration number here. Portal: secure.umweltbundesamt.at/edm_portal
All other member states are shown as Registration required (without detailed guidance or a deep link): please register via the relevant national producer register.
Tracking numbers and status
Enter the registration number per member state directly in the table and choose the status (Registered, Pending, Not registered or Not set). Save changes via “Save changes”.Status and number are for tracking. They influence neither the compliance assessment nor the issuance of the Declaration of Conformity.
Register check (verification badge)
For member states with a register on file, you can check a recorded, saved number against the official register via “Verify number”. The result appears as a badge:| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Verified | The number was confirmed in the register. |
| Not found | The number was not found in the register. |
| Cannot verify | The check could not be completed right now. |
| Not checked | No check result yet. |
The check is a read-only lookup and purely informational — it writes nothing to the register and changes no compliance status. For a number not yet saved, the hint “Please save before verifying.” appears first.
Next step
Once registered, report the volumes you place on the market:Volume reporting
Generate the validated LUCID data report for your packaging.