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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0035 Rice cakes, corn cakes
Product description
Cakes made of puffed cereal
Product in detail Not classified here
Whole grain rice cakes
Mini rice cakes
Glazed corn cakes
Glazed rice cakes
Corn cakes
Rice cakes
Other cakes made of puffed cereal
02-040-0030 biscuits, waffles, other shelf-stable baked goods 
02-040-0020 Gingerbread and gingerbread-like cakes, biscuits and cookies (Lebkuchen, Honigkuchen, Printen) 
02-110-0050 Puffed cereal 
02-040-0040 Savoury snacks, pretzel products 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for rice cakes and corn cakes in quantities of 4 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular food and beverage businesses, accommodation establishments and canteens.

Shipment packaging for rice cakes and corn cakes 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: 02-040-0035 // Rice cakes, corn cakes

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 ≤ 4 kg yes
All types All types > 4 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings ≤ 4 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes ≤ 4 kg yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ 4 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 4 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 4 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 4 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 4 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0035 // Rice cakes, corn cakes

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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 ≤ 4 kg yes
All types All types > 4 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 30 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 50 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 120 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 30 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 3 x 32 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 35 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 96 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 120 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 7 x 30 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 120 g yes
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