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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-030 Frozen food 02-030-0140 Frozen fish, frozen seafood, frozen molluscs
Product description
Frozen fish and other frozen seafood
Product in detail Not classified here
Frozen fish
Frozen mussels
Frozen molluscs
Other frozen seafood
Frozen escargot
02-050-0060 Fresh fish 
02-030-0090 frozen ready meals 
02-050-0140 Crustaceans and molluscs, refrigerated 
02-020-0090 Fish preserves 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for frozen fish, frozen seafood and frozen molluscs in quantities of 15 kg or less are subject to system participation because they typically accumulate 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, accommodation establishments, commercial kitchens and canteens.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for frozen fish, frozen seafood and frozen molluscs in quantities exceeding 15 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. Industrial consumers usually process fresh fish, fresh seafood and fresh molluscs.

Shipment packaging for frozen fish, frozen seafood and frozen molluscs 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-030-0140 // Frozen fish, frozen seafood, frozen molluscs

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 ≤ 15 kg yes
All types All types > 15 kg no
Aluminium Trays > 15 kg no
Aluminium Trays ≤ 15 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes > 15 kg no
Other composite packaging Folding boxes ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 15 kg yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, trays, thermoformed packaging ≤ 15 kg yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, trays, thermoformed packaging > 15 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-030-0140 // Frozen fish, frozen seafood, frozen molluscs

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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 > 15 kg no
All types All types ≤ 15 kg yes
All types Bags, wrappings, trays, thermoformed packaging ≤ 15 kg yes
All types Bags, wrappings, trays, thermoformed packaging > 15 kg no
Aluminium Trays 30 g yes
Aluminium Trays 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 300 g - 1.2 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 2 kg - 7 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 7 kg - 12 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes ≤ 15 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes > 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 200 g - 350 g yes
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