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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0100 Chocolate bars, candy bars
Product description
Bar-shaped (filled) sweets and bar-shaped sweets with(out) biscuits or waffles
Product in detail Not classified here
Miniature bars
Cereal bars, granola bars, muesli bars
Chocolate bars
Coconut bars
Milk cream bars
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for chocolate bars and candy bars in quantities of 14 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 and authorities, administrations, food and beverage businesses, canteens and educational institutions.

Shipment packaging for chocolate bars and candy 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: 02-040-0100 // Chocolate bars, candy 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 ≤ 14 kg yes
All types All types > 14 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ 14 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 14 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 14 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 14 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0100 // Chocolate bars, candy 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 ≤ 14 kg yes
All types All types > 14 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 44 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 180 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 195 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 200 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 243 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 200 g - 1 kg yes
Plastic Bags 130 g yes
Plastic Bags 148 g yes
Plastic Bags 150 g yes
Plastic Bags 325 g yes
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