EPR COMPLIANCE PARTNER GERMANY
WEEE - LUCID - BATTERY NUMBER
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WHAT IF I DONT COMPLY?
Action required: Important information about your product listings
We are contacting you because you have listed products that require you to submit EPR compliance documents.
Germany enforces EPR harder than almost any EU country, from your first sale. Depending on your products, you may need up to three registrations: packaging (LUCID/VerpackG) for anything shipped, electricals (WEEE/ElektroG), and batteries (BattG) if your products contain them.
Miss one, and Marketplaces freeze your listings overnight, authorities can fine you tens of thousands and goods can be held at customs.
EU Compliance Partner identifies exactly which streams you need and handles each — so you avoid the blocks and fines.
WEEE NUMBER - ElektroG
If you sell electronics to customers in Germany, you need a WEEE-Reg.-Nr. from Stiftung EAR before your first sale — that's the law (ElektroG). The German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) implements the EU WEEE Directive, and Amazon and the German authorities both check registrations in real time. Foreign sellers are usually the first to get flagged.
Here's the tricky part: as a non-EU company you cannot register with Stiftung EAR on your own. ElektroG §37 requires you to appoint an Authorised Representative (Bevollmächtigter) based in Germany. On top of that, ElektroG §7 requires an insolvency-proof guarantee for B2C equipment before your registration is confirmed — Germany is the only EU country with this requirement.
WEEE
$589 first year, $489 subsequent years
*includes official registration fees
You will receive...
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WEEE Number for defined product category
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Product Marking and Labelling
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Annual reporting of the quantities place on the market
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Full EPR compliance incl. EAR fees obtaining your WEEE
LUCID
$179 first year, $139 subsequent years*
You will receive...
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Packaging Number INCLUDING official recycling fees up to 500KG
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Annual report of the quantities and types of packaging -
Guidance on compliance with marketplace requirements
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Ensure that your packaging meets the established recycling targets
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Consumer Information: This may include instructions or labeling to encourage recycling
LUCID NUMBER - VerpackG
Every package you send to Germany makes you a producer under the German Packaging Act (VerpackG) — the product box, the filler, even the shipping carton all count. You must register with LUCID, the public packaging register run by the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR), before your first shipment.
Without a LUCID number, Amazon pauses your listings — usually with no warning. And LUCID isn't a single step: it's register registration + a Dual System packaging licensing contract (duales System) + data reporting to ZSVR, all in German. That's where most sellers slip up: registering with LUCID alone without a Dual System contract is still non-compliant.
BATTERY NUMBER - BattG
This is the one that catches everyone. The German Battery Act (BattG) doesn't just cover loose batteries. Power bank? Toy? Bluetooth device? Anything with a battery inside or included? Then Germany classifies you as a battery producer — and you need a separate BattG registration with Stiftung EAR on top of your WEEE number.
Thousands of sellers break this rule right now without knowing. They find out when Amazon freezes the listing — by then it's too late.
BATTG
$289 first year, $239 subsequent years*
including 30€ recycling fees
You will receive...
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Register with the "Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register" (EAR)
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BattG registration Number
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Labelling: Correct labelling like the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol or Specific chemical symbols
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Market Access: Legal permission to sell batteries in the EU.
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