New Rule Shipping to Germany

Found this rule as I was reading thru the shipping rules. Effective July 1st.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/extended-producer-responsibility-business-sellers/german-packaging-act-business-sellers?id=5336&st=12&pos=4&query=The%20German%20Packaging%20Act%20for%20business%20sellers&intent=srbritration&docId=HELP1700

Do not see being able to comply with the requirements so I guess no more sales to Germany?

Do you think eBay's Global Shipping Program or International Standard Delivery will obtain the licenses needed so eBay sellers do not have to worry about it? Using one of these two programs it is not the seller who is actually sending the item, it is eBay services and they may repackage the item.

The German Packaging Act for business sellers

When you sell packaged items to buyers in Germany, you must follow the requirements of the German Packaging Act (Verpackungsgesetz or VerpackG). This applies to all business sellers shipping items to a German delivery address.

As of July 1, 2022 eBay is legally obligated to confirm our sellers meet these requirements. If you do not comply with the Packaging Act, your eBay account may be restricted.

Sellers affected by the Packaging Act

The German Packaging Act affects business sellers whose items end up with private consumers in Germany. This includes:

Packaging your items and shipping them OR
Importing already-packaged items into Germany

Requirements for business sellers

There are three legal requirements for sellers under the Packaging Act:

License (aka "system participation") your packaging quantities with a dual system.
Register in the "LUCID" register, provided by the central authority "Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister" (ZSVR). After registration, you will receive your individual Lucid registration number (= EPR number for packaging). Submit this number to your dual system.
Enter the name of your dual system and your packaging quantity licensed in step 1 in the Lucid reporting register of the ZSVR.

Tip
Our partner for the packaging law is Lizenzero, the licensing platform of the dual system company Interseroh+. Visit the Lizenzero - eBay page to find easy to follow steps and more information about registration and licensing.

Submit Lucid number to eBay

Here’s how you store your Lucid number in your eBay account :

Go to the eBay Account section in My eBay.
Select Business Information in the section “Personal Information and privacy” (you may be prompted to log in again).
Go to the Business details section and select Add next to “Lucid ID”.
Enter your Lucid ID.
Click Save.
You’ll see the confirmation that your Lucid ID has been stored.

Types of packaging required to be licensed

The Packaging Act concerns all packaging that ultimately ends up with the German end user and that will need to be disposed of by them. The overall term used here is "sales packaging" and this means: