The invention relates to a registration system (1) for registering bottles (2) and similar containers (2) exhibiting features on a container wall, wherein the registration system (1) comprises a lighting unit (3) and an optical assembly (4) having at least one camera (5). According to the invention, in order to ensure that labels are not attached to the container (2) on container seams and/or are correctly aligned with respect to embossings, the lighting unit (3) comprises a plurality of light sources (6) and is designed so that a stripe-shaped light beam (7) can be projected onto a given container wall area (8), wherein the light beams projected on to the container wall areas (8) are spaced apart from one another.