What you must register per country
Every piece of packaging counts, including the shipping box and the filling material. Per country you report the kilos per material. The categories differ per body, so Packquota converts your kilos into the categories of Verpact, Fost Plus and LUCID.
Six material groups
Paper and cardboard
Shipping boxes, product boxes, paper filling and labels.
Plastic
Film, air cushions, mailing bags, tape and plastic product packaging.
Glass
Jars, bottles and glass packaging for your products.
Metal
Cans, aluminium trays, caps and closures. Aluminium and steel count separately.
Wood
Pallets, crates and wooden packaging.
Beverage cartons and composites
Packaging made of several materials, such as beverage cartons and pouches with an aluminium layer.
The same box, three classifications
A shipping box with tape and air cushions is the same in every country, but each body classifies it differently. This is the core of what Packquota solves for you.
| Material | Verpact (NL) | Fost Plus (BE) | LUCID (DE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping box, corrugated cardboard | Paper and cardboard | 002 Paper-cardboard (A/B/C by fibre share) | 20000 Papier, Pappe, Karton |
| Air cushions, film (PE) | Plastic flexible | 011-07 PE films | 50000 Kunststoffe |
| Plastic bottle or tray (PET) | Plastic rigid | 005-01 or 011-05, by colour and shape | 50000 Kunststoffe |
| Glass jar | Glass | 001 Glas | 10000 Glas |
| Can (steel) | Other metals | 003 Steel | 30000 Eisenmetalle |
| Aluminium tray | Aluminium | 004 Aluminium ≥ 50 µm or 013 thinner | 40000 Aluminium |
| Wooden crate | Wood | 016-03 Wood (recovered) | 80000 Sonstige Materialien |
| Beverage carton | Beverage cartons | 008 Beverage cartons | 60000, from 2027: 68000 Flüssigkeitskartons |
| Pouch with aluminium layer | Split per material | 014-03 Laminates | 70000 Sonstige Verbundverpackungen |
Categories and codes as published by Verpact (declaration form 2026), Fost Plus ("Eerste hulp bij de aangifte 2026") and the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (XML-Anleitung v1.3, 12 August 2026). Last checked on 7 November 2026.
Weights: weigh, don't estimate
All three bodies want the actual weight per material. Germany explicitly does not allow estimates and asks for evidence: a supplier specification or your own weighing. Packquota therefore works with packaging sets: you weigh a box, a piece of tape and a handful of filling material once, and every shipment then counts automatically with those weights. We keep the evidence in your file.
What does not count
- Reusable packaging that circulates in an existing system (for example deposit crates); you report it, but you do not pay for it.
- In the Netherlands: logistics aids such as pallets and pallet covers do not count towards the 50,000 kg threshold.
- In Belgium: shipping boxes to businesses fall under Valipac, not Fost Plus.
- In Germany: packaging that demonstrably does not end up with a German end user.
What are your kilos?
Packquota calculates them from your orders. Start with the free check.