Do I need an authorised representative in Germany?
At most 4 questions to your result.
Question 2: do you deliver goods to customers in Germany?
It makes no difference whether through your own online shop or through marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay or Etsy.
Question 3: do those deliveries go to private end customers?
Result: yes, from 12.08.2026 you need an authorised representative in Germany.
Without an appointed representative you may no longer deliver to Germany from that day. There is no minimum quantity, the obligation starts with the 1st parcel. On top of that, the registration and reporting duties of German packaging law already apply to you today.
We take on this role for 170 € per year.
Appoint your representativeResult: with an establishment in Germany you need no authorised representative.
The obligation only applies to companies without a German establishment. Your remaining duties (registration, system participation, volume reporting) you fulfil yourself as a domestic company. What LUCID and the dual system are is explained in our questions and answers.
Result: pure B2B selling carries obligations too.
Anyone delivering exclusively to business customers needs no dual system for those deliveries, because only sales packaging that ends up with private end consumers is subject to system participation. Instead, take-back and documentation duties apply to your transport packaging and your commercial sales and grouped packaging (section 15 VerpackG).
Important: registration in the LUCID packaging register has applied to every type of packaging since 01.07.2022 and therefore to pure B2B packaging as well. Whether you additionally need to appoint an authorised representative depends on which packaging you actually bring to Germany.
If that does not settle your case, describe it to us briefly.
Send a short enquiryResult: according to your answers this does not apply to you.
Without deliveries to Germany, or without packaging, you need no authorised representative. If your business changes, repeat the test.
Borderline cases such as fulfilment, dropshipping or deliveries to business customers are explained in our questions and answers.