The declaration of completeness contains entries detailing

• the material type and mass of all the packaging subject to system participation placed onto the German market for the first time in the previous calendar year;
• the material type and mass of all retail packaging and grouped packaging filled with goods that was placed onto the German market for the first time in the previous calendar year and that typically does not accumulate as waste with a private final consumer;
• participation of the packaging subject to system participation placed onto the German market for the first time in the previous calendar year in one or more system(s);
• the material type and mass of all packaging returned through one or more sector-specific solution(s) in the previous calendar year pursuant to section 8 VerpackG;
• the material type and mass of all the packaging returned in the previous calendar year pursuant to section 7 (3) VerpackG;
• fulfilment of recovery requirements for the retail and grouped packaging returned pursuant to section 15 (1) no. 2 in the previous calendar year;
• fulfilment of recovery requirements for packaging returned pursuant to section 7 (3) during the previous calendar year.

The information must be reviewed and verified by a registered auditor. The auditing and confirmation process is based on the 'declaration of completeness audit guidelines' on auditing and confirming declarations of completeness pursuant to section 11 VerpackG (Audit guidelines).

 

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