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EPRORA · New Zealand

Selling packaged products to Germany or the EU?

EPRORA manages your ongoing packaging EPR process.

Connect your shops and marketplaces, bring sales and packaging data together, and keep your reporting records up to date in your EPRORA Office.

Free · around 60 seconds · no credit card · instant result

New Zealand → DE / EU · EPRORA

Information for your market

EPRORA brings German packaging records, mandates and product evidence into one workspace for independent sellers and international manufacturers. Keep your existing shop and systems. Check your destination market, legal duties and actual costs before subscribing.

Free initial check · about 60 seconds · no card

Annual plans and costs

German authorised representative

A foreign company without a German establishment directly supplying empty packaging or packaged goods to German end users must assess the German authorised-representative requirement. A signed German mandate and confirmed LUCID appointment are required; subscribing alone does not complete representation.

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Local obligations and Germany are separate · New Zealand

New Zealand lists plastic packaging among six priority product streams under the Waste Minimisation Act. The official page describes plastic-packaging scheme development; priority designation alone does not establish a universal packaging fee or commencement date. German EPR and EU product-passport duties require separate destination-market assessment.

Ministry for the Environment · Priority product stewardship ↗

Shops, marketplaces and manufacturers · New Zealand

Identify the legal seller, destination, packaging material and weight. Low commercial volumes are not a general exemption. Supported APIs and account permissions determine automated imports; otherwise use structured imports. A marketplace registration does not establish legal compliance.

Trade Me · Amazon · Shopify · WooCommerce · Etsy · eBay

DTC exporters, food and beverage brands, outdoor products and manufacturing

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QR, serial numbers and Production Connector · DEMO

Illustrative record only. This DEMO is not a registered customer product or verified compliance status.

NZ-DEMO-001

Prepare product and packaging masters, materials, suppliers, origin, batches, serials and evidence. A QR code links to records; it does not certify compliance. ERP, PIM and MES integration requires supported interfaces and access permissions.

Five steps to get started

  1. Check the sales model
  2. Review subscription, setup and separate system costs
  3. Create or reuse your own LUCID registration
  4. Sign the German mandate and confirm the appointment
  5. Connect supported records and maintain evidence

Annual plans and costs

Plus VAT where applicable. Optional modules are charged separately.

Start

CHF 59
per year

Grow

CHF 89
per year

Business

CHF 149
per year

Pro

CHF 249
per year

Enterprise

CHF 399
per year

One-time German representative setup

CHF 29

Free LUCID registration

CHF 0

Digital Product Passport · New Zealand

DPP is a separate optional product-data service. Select zero passports in Selfcheck when not needed. Product-category rules determine deadlines; there is no universal February 2027 deadline for all textiles or electronics.

Plus VAT where applicable. Optional modules are charged separately.

EU battery passport · 18 February 2027

From 18 February 2027, EU passports cover EV and LMT batteries and industrial batteries above 2 kWh placed on the market or put into service. Identify the operator responsible for the finished battery and check its category.

QR, serial numbers and Production Connector

Prepare product and packaging masters, materials, suppliers, origin, batches, serials and evidence. A QR code links to records; it does not certify compliance. ERP, PIM and MES integration requires supported interfaces and access permissions.

DPP Start

CHF 49 · per year

DPP Grow

CHF 149 · per year

DPP Pro

CHF 399 · per year

DPP Scale

CHF 799 · per year

DPP Enterprise

CHF 1'990 · per year
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Questions and answers

Free LUCID registration?

Official LUCID producer registration is free. Keep the existing number for the same legal entity. Registration and changes to producer master data remain personal duties of the producer.

German authorised representative?

A foreign company without a German establishment directly supplying empty packaging or packaged goods to German end users must assess the German authorised-representative requirement. A signed German mandate and confirmed LUCID appointment are required; subscribing alone does not complete representation.

Shops, marketplaces and manufacturers?

Identify the legal seller, destination, packaging material and weight. Low commercial volumes are not a general exemption. Supported APIs and account permissions determine automated imports; otherwise use structured imports. A marketplace registration does not establish legal compliance.

Digital Product Passport?

DPP is a separate optional product-data service. Select zero passports in Selfcheck when not needed. Product-category rules determine deadlines; there is no universal February 2027 deadline for all textiles or electronics.

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Packaging representation for your EU sales markets

Use the self-check to record the EU countries you sell to. Then explicitly choose each supported country for which you wish to appoint EPRORA. Selecting a sales destination does not itself grant a mandate.

A separate mandate and annual subscription for each country

Each newly appointed country has its own applicable annual subscription and one-time mandate setup fee. Regular annual renewal does not repeat the setup fee. The self-check shows the country-by-country charges, first-year total and subsequent annual fees. Applicable VAT and third-party costs are itemised separately.

A country rules and monitoring package does not replace representation or the annual subscription for another country. Additional services are shown separately from the mandate.

Country-specific mandate documents

Each appointed country has its own mandate documents. Review the details, complete any blank fields and sign the relevant documents. Generating a document or making a payment alone does not activate the mandate.

A German LUCID registration or a German mandate does not replace a separate appointment for other sales markets. Existing registrations and packaging scheme agreements are taken into account when processing your appointment.

Countries available for separate appointments

Check your sales countries and fees

Battery, textile and furniture product passports

EPRORA connects packaging compliance, product passports and production data. Small online shops, manufacturers and enterprise groups can organise their data in one platform.

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