how do I stop my registration if I no longer supply to that country

Cancelling registration is usually not straightforward, but deregistration is possible

Stopping delivery to a country does not automatically mean a registration there disappears. At most national registers, including Germany's LUCID, a registration remains active until it is formally terminated or amended: there is no automatic cancellation at the moment when shipments to that country cease. What does change is the ongoing obligations: if no packaging is placed on the market anymore, the basis for reporting quantities for future periods no longer exists. Deregistering the registration itself or amending the data is usually a separate step that must be taken in the register itself.

The distinction between "no more shipments" and "formally ceasing" is important. As long as an account in a register such as LUCID remains registered under your name without the status being updated, some registers may still expect an annual report or contact you. Anyone who previously LUCID registration started from the Netherlands began supplying to Germany and is now stopping should therefore check in the register itself what step is required for "no packaging placed on the market anymore" or "activity terminated" — this is different from simply stopping sales.

What the regulation says about registration per country

Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 links registration to placing packaging on the market in a Member State and provides that this registration takes place per Member State. As long as deliveries to a country cease, in practice the basis on which that registration was founded falls away, but the regulation itself does not describe automatic expiry of the registration — that depends on how the national register, such as LUCID, is structured. For distance sales, Article 45 is also relevant: anyone who supplies directly to consumers in another country via an online shop is subject to the same registration requirement in that country as a local producer, and ceasing to do so does not change how that previous registration must be closed. Anyone who is unsure whether a authorised representative is still needed for a country as long as the registration is in your name should check this before the registration is terminated, because disconnecting the two does not happen automatically at the same time.