Germany, on top of EU law.
In Germany, medicine packs are verified through securPharm, battery producers register with stiftung ear under the Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz, and the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) enforces the EU Deforestation Regulation.
Germany applies EU product law and adds its own bodies and registers. Medicine packs are verified through securPharm, the German system under the Falsified Medicines Directive. Battery producers register with stiftung ear under the Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz, in force since 7 October 2025. For the EU Deforestation Regulation, the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) checks companies. The EU battery passport and the Digital Product Passport apply in Germany as they do in every member state.
Germany, in three facts.
Germany · securPharm verifies medicine packs · BattDG in force since 7 October 2025 · stiftung ear keeps the battery producer register · BLE enforces the EUDR.
In Germany, securPharm provides the system that verifies medicine packs under the Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161; prescription medicines have carried the safety features since 9 February 2019.
Source: securPharm, legal basisGermany's Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz (BattDG) entered into force on 7 October 2025 and replaced the Batteriegesetz; the Umweltbundesamt has entrusted stiftung ear with the tasks of the competent authority, including the producer register.
Source: Umweltbundesamt, BattDG in forceThe Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) is responsible for implementing and enforcing the EU Deforestation Regulation in Germany; the federal states' authorities monitor domestic commodities and products from cattle, soya and timber.
Source: BLE, Deforestation-free products
EU rules, German bodies.
Medicines: verified through securPharm
Prescription medicines have carried the EU safety features since 9 February 2019. In Germany a pack is checked through the securPharm system: PharmaProtect Solutions (PPS) operates the database for the pharmaceutical industry and NGDA operates the pharmacy system.
The PZN sits inside the code
The Data Matrix on a German pack carries the product code, serial number, batch and expiry date. The product code holds the national PZN in a globally unique form, either a PPN or an NTIN, and the manufacturer chooses which.
Batteries: register before you sell
Before a producer first makes batteries available in Germany, it registers with the competent authority. The Umweltbundesamt has entrusted those tasks to stiftung ear, which keeps the producer register. A producer with no establishment in Germany appoints an authorised representative, in writing and in German.
Deforestation: the BLE checks
The BLE checks operators and traders established in Germany, and relevant goods, against the EU Deforestation Regulation. Checks on domestic cattle, soya and timber fall to the authorities of the federal states.
The timeline, as it stands.
The EU dates apply in Germany unchanged. The BLE says the German implementing law for the deforestation regulation is still being agreed.
Three moves that de-risk the deadline.
Sort your products by regime
List which of your products are medicines, which contain batteries and which fall under the deforestation regulation. Each has a different German body: securPharm, stiftung ear and the BLE.
Check your battery registration
If you sell batteries into Germany, confirm you are in the stiftung ear producer register, and that an authorised representative is appointed if you have no German establishment.
Plan the battery passport alongside it
German registration covers producer responsibility. It does not replace the EU battery passport, which is due from 18 February 2027 for EV batteries, light-means-of-transport batteries and industrial batteries over 2 kWh.
One identity, whichever body asks.
Aeroz gives each unit a physical identity tied to its data record. The same identity can carry the data an EU battery passport needs or the origin record behind a deforestation statement, so the evidence a German authority or customer asks for is in one place. For medicines it works alongside securPharm, not in place of it.
Germany, answered.
Who runs medicine verification in Germany?
securPharm. It provides the German system for checking medicine packs under the Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161. PharmaProtect Solutions (PPS) operates the industry database and NGDA operates the pharmacy system.
What replaced the German Battery Act (BattG)?
The Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz (BattDG), which entered into force on 7 October 2025. It is the German law that carries out the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
Does a foreign battery producer need a representative in Germany?
Yes, if it has no establishment in Germany. Section 40 of the BattDG requires it to appoint an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility, in writing and in German.
Who enforces the EU Deforestation Regulation in Germany?
The Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) is responsible for implementing and enforcing it. The authorities of the federal states are responsible for domestic commodities and products from cattle, soya and timber.
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