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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0110 Sweets, caramels, dragées
Product description
Hard and soft caramels (sweets) and sugary dragées, filled or unfilled
Product in detail Not classified here
Effervescent tablets
Dragées, sugar-coated tablets
Cough drops
Other sweets
Fondant products
Lollipops, lollies, suckers
Caramels
Compressed sweets, mints
02-040-0150 Liquorice 
18-000-0010 Health products, solid or semi-solid 
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for sweets, caramels and dragées in quantities of 1.8 kg or less are subject to system participation because 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, food and beverage businesses, canteens, educational institutions, authorities, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing. 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 sweets, caramels and dragées in quantities exceeding 1.8 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings (also in retail settings).
Shipment packaging for sweets, caramels and dragées 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
The indicated quantities always refer to the respective sales unit. Accordingly, the quantity of a bag or can containing 100 small bags of 10 g each is 1 kg.

Lollipop sticks are integral to the product and do not constitute packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Dose aus Weißblech mit Werbeaufdruck für Pfefferminzbonbons

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 16.02.2021 | Antragsteller: MAGNA sweets GmbH

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0110 // Sweets, caramels, dragées

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 ≤ 1.8 kg yes
All types All types > 1.8 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 1.8 kg no
Plastic Bags, cans, round cans > 1.8 kg no
Plastic Bags, cans, wrappings, round cans, candy wrappers ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Tinplate Cans, round cans ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 1.8 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Cans, multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 1.8 kg no
Plastic Cans, multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 1.8 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0110 // Sweets, caramels, dragées

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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 ≤ 1.8 kg yes
All types All types > 1.8 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 50 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 75 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 9 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 13 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 30 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 45 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 50 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 68 g yes
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