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Amazon notice: if you cannot prove EPR compliance, non-compliant listings are suspended. What is the packaging EPR number?

The sentence you received

In Germany, if you can't prove your compliance with EPR to Amazon, we will be legally obliged to suspend your non-compliant listings under EPR product categories: Packaging (effective July 1, 2022) and Electric and Electronic Equipment listings (effective January 1, 2023).

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Short answer

It means: selling packaged goods in Germany, you must prove packaging EPR compliance to Amazon; if you cannot, Amazon is legally obliged to suspend the non-compliant listings. The packaging EPR number is your registration number in the German packaging register LUCID. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller); Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45 Abs. 4

The key facts at a glance

Categories and dates in the text
Packaging from 2022-07-01, electrical equipment from 2023-01-01. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller)
What to submit
Add the EPR number to the EPR Compliance Portal in Seller Central; the date given for packaging in Germany is 2021-12-15. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller)
Why the law has the platform do this
Online platforms must obtain the producer's packaging registration details and number first. Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45 Abs. 4
Where the number comes from
LUCID registration, which is free. ZSVR: Alle Informationen zur Registrierung
One more item since 2026
Without a German establishment you also need an authorised representative, entered in LUCID. ZSVR: Bevollmächtigung; ZSVR: Alle Informationen zur Registrierung
How the packaging EPR number comes about1Appoint a German representative(since 2026-08-12)For sellers without a Germanestablishment2Register in LUCID, free of chargeYou receive the registration number3Sign a take-back system contractBefore goods are made available4Enter the number on theCompliance PortalAmazon uses it to validate packagingcompliance
Figure 1. How the packaging EPR number comes about

What does the text mean?

Amazon writes: in Germany, if you cannot prove EPR compliance to Amazon, it is legally obliged to suspend non-compliant listings, with separate start dates for packaging and electrical equipment. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller)

It asks sellers to add the EPR number to the EPR Compliance Portal in Seller Central. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller)

This text dates from the period of 2021 to 2022 and is Amazon's description of the German packaging law at the time. The current rules are those of VerpackDG and the prompts in your account.

What does the law say now?

A producer must register with the packaging register before first making packaged goods available. VerpackDG § 6 Abs. 1

It must also join a take-back system and report material type and mass. VerpackDG § 7 Abs. 1

Online platforms must obtain the producer's packaging registration details and number before letting it use their services. Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45 Abs. 4

Sellers without a German establishment must have an authorised representative since 2026-08-12. ZSVR: Bevollmächtigung

What do you do now?

  1. No LUCID number: follow the LUCID registration guide: representative first, then registration.
  2. You have a LUCID number: log in and add the representative (changes by registered businesses are due 2026-11-12). VerpackDG § 68 Abs. 2
  3. Enter the registration number in the compliance page of your account.

What this guide did not verify

Not verified here: the field names Amazon now uses for packaging EPR in the account; this text is Amazon's text as reposted by a seller in the forum.

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What sellers also ask

Is the LUCID number the same as the "EPR number"?

For packaging, yes: the packaging registration number is the LUCID registration number. Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45 Abs. 4; ZSVR: Alle Informationen zur Registrierung

Does it cost money?

LUCID registration is free; the representative and the take-back system are paid separately. ZSVR: Alle Informationen zur Registrierung; ZSVR: Bevollmächtigung

Where does each statement come from?

Every source below is a legal text or an authority page; click through to compare.

  1. Amazon Seller Forums: GERMANY! help! Producer Responsibility (EPR) - Packaging (Amazon text quoted by a seller) · read 2026-10-27
  2. Verordnung (EU) 2025/40 Art. 45 Abs. 4 · read 2026-10-18
  3. VerpackDG § 6 Abs. 1 · read 2026-10-18
  4. VerpackDG § 68 Abs. 2 · read 2026-10-18
  5. VerpackDG § 7 Abs. 1 · read 2026-10-18
  6. ZSVR: Alle Informationen zur Registrierung · read 2026-10-27
  7. ZSVR: Bevollmächtigung · read 2026-10-27

This guide summarises public legal texts and authority pages as general information. It is not legal advice. For your case, ask a licensed German lawyer.

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