Labelling Guideline
Our labelling guideline provides you with help on how to use the labels correctly. Respecting the labelling guideline helps to make sure that your parcels reach their destination in a safe and quick way.
In order to ensure the smooth parcel handling all necessary parcel labels must be filled in completely and easily readable. Our labelling guideline gives you valuable hints and tips on how to use the additional labels in order to guarantee a safe and quick arrival of your shipment.
Please make sure all relevant parcel labels are being applied onto the largest side of the parcel.
For more information please see our shipping guideline and packaging guideline.
Labelling Guideline “Guaranteed24-Service”
Guaranteed delivery all over Germany on the next working day by close of business
To clearly mark your parcel as Guaranteed 24-Service, please use the additional green sticker and the green tape with the name “Guaranteed 24-Service “:
Labelling Guideline "HazardousGoods-Service"
Exclusively in the national traffic of Germany, GLS provides the shipment of hazardous goods in several classes on the basis of the current Dangerous Goods Regulations. Please see the page HazardousGoods-Service for further details.
For the shipment of hazardous goods use this additional sticker in addition to the GLS parcel label for a correct product labeling:
Irrespective of this, the relevant legal regulations concerning the marking, declaration and packing are to be respected. A transport document is to be handed over as well.
If obligatorily identifiable hazardous goods are not indicated, GLS Germany reserves the right to claim for compensation in case of damages.
In order to send safely and to help you with questions on the parcel labelling of hazardous goods, the safety officers in our depots are at your disposal.
Labeling guideline for the express dispatch
To make it even quicker: Express dispatch within Germany and Europe
If you opt for national or international Express dispatch with the services
always paste the additional sticker “Express” onto your parcel:
Here you mark the desired service*.
* Please use our Product Calculator or contact the GLS depot next to you to get informed which value-added services are available for your consignee’s zip code.
In case you don’t want the parcel to be delivered to another person than indicated on the parcel label you can opt for AddresseeOnly-Service, ticking the according box on the additional sticker.