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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0130 Chewing gum
Product description
Chewing gum made of types of sugar and/or sweeteners, flavourings and other ingredients that influence consistency, colourings and with a water-insoluble chewable base that becomes plastic when chewed
Product in detail Not classified here
Chewing gum strips
Chewing gum balls
Chewing gum pellets
Dental chewing gum
Caffeine gum
18-000-0030 Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for chewing gum in quantities of 6 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 food and beverage businesses, canteens and educational institutions.

Shipment packaging for chewing gum 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: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

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 > 6 kg no
All types All types ≤ 6 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, blister packs, wrappings ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes ≤ 6 kg yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, cans, wrappers ≤ 6 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 6 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 6 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

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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 ≤ 6 kg yes
All types All types > 6 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 13 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 15 g yes
Other composite packaging Blister packs 15 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 13 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 14 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 18 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 27 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 35 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 41 g yes
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