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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0070 Chocolate bars
Product description
Chocolate in bars and blocks
Product in detail Not classified here
Air chocolate bars, aerated chocolate bars
Filled chocolate bars
White chocolate bars
Chocolate bars with nuts
Chocolate bars
Chocolate blocks, etc.
Chocolate bars with fruit
02-040-0100 Chocolate bars, candy bars 
02-040-0080 Other chocolate, chocolate products 
02-040-0090 Chocolates, confectionery 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for chocolate bars in quantities of 4.5 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 cinemas, theatres and amusement parks, as well as authorities, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing, along with food and beverage businesses, canteens and educational institutions. Comparable sources of waste generation also include craft enterprises 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').
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for chocolate bars in quantities exceeding 4.5 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings, including especially the food industry along with artisanal food production businesses (e.g. bakeries and pastry shops) and caterers exceeding the volume criterion.
Shipment packaging for chocolate bars 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: 02-040-0070 // Chocolate bars

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 > 4.5 kg no
All types All types ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Aluminium Wrappings ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, cans, wrappings ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes > 4.5 kg no
Plastic Bags, cans, wrappings ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 4.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 4.5 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0070 // Chocolate bars

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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 > 4.5 kg no
All types All types ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Aluminium Wrappings 20 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 50 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 75 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 100 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 150 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 180 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 200 g yes
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