System for the return of sales packaging: identification - of the nationwide installation

    Anyone who wants to operate a nationwide system for the disposal of sales packaging

    requires official approval.

    Upon application, the competent authority issues

    Description

    Anyone who wants to operate a comprehensive system for the disposal of sales packaging needs an official determination.
    Upon request, the competent authority shall establish that the system has been set up throughout Lower Saxony.

    The determination may be retrospectively accompanied by ancillary provisions necessary to ensure the conditions prevailing at the time of the adoption of the determination on a permanent basis during the operation of the system. The determination shall be publicly announced and shall take effect from the date of its public announcement.

    After identification, the free regular collection of used, empty sales packaging from the private end consumer or in his vicinity must be ensured sufficiently and nationwide in Lower Saxony. The packaging recorded in the collection system must be recycled in accordance with the legal requirements. Multiple systems can work together to set up and operate the systems.

    Competent office

    not specified

    Contact point

    The responsibility lies with the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection.

    Contact person

    Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz

    Address

    address

    Archivstraße 2
    30169 Hannover

    Save contact

    Contact

    Internet

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 15.12.2009
    Technisch geändert on 28.11.2023

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Forms

    not specified

    Prerequisites

    not specified

    not specified

    not specified

    Procedure

    not specified

    Processing time

    not specified

    Costs

    Fees may apply. Please contact the relevant authority.

    Notes (specifics)

    The body responsible for waste management may, upon determination or subsequently, require the system operator to provide adequate security that is insolvency-proof in the event that it or its agents fail to fulfil all or part of the obligations laid down in this Regulation and the public waste management authorities or competent authorities are able to claim reimbursement of costs for substitute performance.

    Unterstützende Institutionen

    not specified

    Welche Dokumente resultieren aus dieser Leistung?

    not specified

    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by not specified

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 26.11.2009
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024