How to Read the Registration Certificate: LUCID, the DE Number and the Annex

VerpackG compliance series. This article is how to read the registration certificate — LUCID, the DE number and the annex. Start at the hub: What VerpackG Actually Is: Germany's Packaging Act and EPR.

Which Part Do I Check?

A buyer once emailed us a photo of our VerpackG registration notice with a one-line question: "Which part do I check?" Fair question. The notice looks like a wall of German bureaucracy, but it breaks into five blocks, and each block answers exactly one verification question.

The short version: the notice (No. 353101/3237270271866.HR.25#0001) registers Jiangxi Chengleke Leather Co., Ltd under DE3237270271866 for sales, outer, shipping and service packaging, with the company itself listed as the registered brand. Read the blocks and you know precisely what the registration covers — and what it doesn't.

The Five Blocks, and the Question Each One Answers

Block	What it answers	Value on CLK's notice
Registered company	Who holds the registration?	Jiangxi Chengleke Leather Co., Ltd
DE registration number	The unique LUCID identifier	DE3237270271866
Packaging scope	Which packaging types are covered	Sales, outer, shipping and service packaging
Brand names	Which brands the packaging is registered under	Jiangxi Chengleke Leather Co., Ltd
Declarations	The legal statements behind the registration	Truthful data, no broker, system participation

Block 2: The DE Number

The DE number is the registration's identity in the LUCID register. Every registered producer has one, and it's the number marketplaces and buyers ask for when they verify packaging compliance. Ours — DE3237270271866 — sits in the public LUCID register along with the company data published there. Anyone can look it up. We'd rather you did.

Block 3: The Packaging Scope

The scope says which packaging the registration covers. Ours lists the four types that matter for luggage shipments:

Sales packaging — the retail box.
Outer packaging — the wrap around the sales packaging.
Shipping packaging — the delivery carton, including e-commerce parcels.
Service packaging — packaging used at the point of sale or delivery.

The common thread: packaging that typically ends up in private households. That's the line that pulls e-commerce cartons into scope.

Block 4: The Brand Names

The notice lists the brands under which the packaging goes to market. Ours lists the company name itself, because CLK places its packaging on the German market under its own name.

Here's the trap for buyers: a registration under one brand does not cover another. If you check a supplier's registration, compare the brand block with the brand actually shipping the goods. I've watched that mismatch cause more than one compliance panic.

The Declarations Block: The Part Everyone Skips

This is the legal heart of the notice, and it's the block buyers skip. Ours declares three things: the application data is truthful, no third-party broker was used (the law prohibits it), and take-back obligations are fulfilled through system participation. Those three statements are what make the registration valid — and they're the same three statements every producer must be able to make.

Validity: A Registration, Not a Certificate With an Expiry

No expiry date appears on the notice. The registration stays valid while the producer is active and the data stays current. What keeps it valid:

Report changes to company data or packaging immediately.
Notify permanent cessation of production activity.
Keep the registration consistent with the LUCID register.

Plain words: this document doesn't die on a date. It dies the day the producer stops keeping it honest.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the LUCID register?

The public register run by the ZSVR where packaging producers are registered. Anyone can search it to verify a company's registration number and data.

What is a DE number?

The unique registration number assigned to a producer in the LUCID register — DE3237270271866 in CLK's case. It's the identifier marketplaces and buyers use to verify packaging registration.

Does the registration cover all packaging?

Only the types listed in the annex — for CLK, sales, outer, shipping and service packaging that typically ends up in private households.

Does the registration expire?

No expiry date applies. It stays valid while the producer is active and the data is current, and changes must be reported to the ZSVR.

Can I verify CLK's registration online?

Yes — search DE3237270271866 in the LUCID public register (verpackungsregister.org). The published data will match this notice.

Why does the notice list the company as its own brand?

Because CLK places packaging on the German market under its own name. Producers must list the brands under which their packaging goes to market.

The registration-block analysis here comes from ZSVR notice No. 353101/3237270271866.HR.25#0001 for Jiangxi Chengleke Leather Co., Ltd — DE3237270271866, packaging scope and brand documented, verifiable in the LUCID register. We share the notice with buyers and walk them through what it covers. Ask at clkbusiness@clkluggage.com or WhatsApp +86-18879628221.

About the Author

Written by the CLK Manufacturing Team — 16+ years of custom luggage OEM/ODM experience from our factory in Ji'an, Jiangxi, China. Updated: 2026-08-15.