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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-020 Preserves 02-020-0010 mixed preserved goods, ready-made soups
Product description
Mixed preserved goods (shelf-stable preserves of ready-to-eat meals not requiring refrigeration) and ready-made soups / non-powdered soups (preserved and semi-preserved)
Product in detail Not classified here
Ready-made, non-powdered soups
Stews
Roasts with dumplings
Tomato soups, mushroom soups, potato soups
Ravioli
Cabbage rolls
Other meals and soups
Meat dishes with pasta sides
02-120-0030 Ready-made soups, refrigerated 
02-120-0040 Ready meals or semi-prepared meals, refrigerated 
02-110-0220 Instant meals, instant soups 
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for mixed preserved goods and ready-made soups in quantities of 22 kg/litres or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG) such as food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include artisanal food production businesses whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').

Grouped packaging for mixed preserved goods and ready-made soups in quantities of 1.5 kg/litres or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation.

Shipment packaging for mixed preserved goods and ready-made soups of all kinds typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation and, as such, is subject to system participation.
Specials
For industrial processors, packaging is also placed on the German market that at the outset does not meet the legal requirements for being handed over to private final consumers and therefore typically does not accumulate as waste with them. This sort of atypically designed packaging, for example packaging that bears only a stamp and does not have adequate foodstuff labelling (in accordance with the FIC Regulation), is not subject to system participation regardless of quantity because it does not typically accumulate with private final consumers as a result of legal requirements.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
PET-Flasche für Gazpacho

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 20.03.2023 | Antragsteller: Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-020-0010 // mixed preserved goods, ready-made soups

Packaging material
Packaging material

Abbreviations:

PPC stands for paper, paperboard or cardboard.
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate (a type of plastic).
PE stands for polyethylene (a type of plastic).

Composite packaging is packaging made from at least two material types that cannot be separated by hand.

 		Shape/form
Shape/form

This section shows the typical packaging types for the product group under consideration.

IBC is the abbreviation for intermediate bulk container. An IBC is a large, cuboid container for liquid and free-flowing materials.

An octabin is an octagonal container used to transport and store bulk materials.

 		Delineation criterion
Delineation criterion

Criterion that relates to a specific product and determines whether the shipment, retail or grouped packaging in question is subject to system participation.

For food packaging, that delineation criterion often is quantity. For packaging filled with other products, the delineation criterion tends to be the number/volume or unit of the individual products contained in the packaging. Depending on the product, other criteria may be used within the scope of an overall market assessment to delineate or determine whether the system participation requirement applies to a packaging, such as the stress class in the case of laminate products.

 		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types All types > 22 kg no
All types All types ≤ 22 l yes
All types All types ≤ 22 kg yes
All types All types > 22 l no
Aluminium Food cans, trays ≤ 22 kg yes
Aluminium Food cans, trays ≤ 22 l yes
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 22 kg yes
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 22 l yes
Metal Buckets, canisters ≤ 22 kg yes
Metal Buckets, canisters ≤ 22 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags ≤ 22 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags ≤ 22 kg yes
Other composite packaging Square bags ≤ 22 kg yes
Other composite packaging Square bags ≤ 22 l yes
Plastic Cups, buckets, canisters, trays ≤ 22 l yes
Plastic Cups, buckets, canisters, trays ≤ 22 kg yes
Tinplate Food cans ≤ 22 l yes
Tinplate Food cans ≤ 22 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 1.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 1.5 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 1.5 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 1.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 1.5 l yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 1.5 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 1.5 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 1.5 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-020-0010 // mixed preserved goods, ready-made soups

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Packaging material
Packaging material

Abbreviations:

PPC stands for paper, paperboard or cardboard.
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate (a type of plastic).
PE stands for polyethylene (a type of plastic).

Composite packaging is packaging made from at least two material types that cannot be separated by hand.

 		Shape/form
Shape/form

This section shows the typical packaging types for the product group under consideration.

IBC is the abbreviation for intermediate bulk container. An IBC is a large, cuboid container for liquid and free-flowing materials.

An octabin is an octagonal container used to transport and store bulk materials.

 		Quantity/volume
exemplary listing 		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types All types ≤ 22 l yes
All types All types > 22 l no
Aluminium Food cans 100 g yes
Aluminium Food cans 200 g yes
Aluminium Food cans 300 g yes
Aluminium Food cans 315 g yes
Aluminium Food cans 400 g yes
Aluminium Food cans 425 g yes
Aluminium Trays 300 g yes
Aluminium Trays 330 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 350 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 400 ml yes
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