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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0160 Marzipan products
Product description
Marzipan is a confection made of ground almonds, sugar and possibly other flavourings. Related products such as persipan also fall into this category.
Product in detail Not classified here
Persipan products
Marzipan balls, marzipan potatoes
Chocolate-covered marzipan loaves
Lübeck marzipan
Marzipan figures
02-040-0020 Gingerbread and gingerbread-like cakes, biscuits and cookies (Lebkuchen, Honigkuchen, Printen) 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for marzipan products 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 and authorities, administrations, food and beverage businesses, canteens and educational institutions.

Shipment packaging for marzipan products 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: 02-040-0160 // Marzipan products

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
Aluminium Wrappings ≤ 6 kg yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, boxes ≤ 6 kg yes
Plastic Bags, cans, round cans, trays ≤ 6 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Cans, multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 6 kg no
Plastic Cans, multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 6 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0160 // Marzipan products

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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 no
All types All types ≤ 6 kg yes
Aluminium Wrappings 50 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 107 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 110 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 125 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 360 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 700 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 100 g - 500 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 500 g - 2.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings 110 g yes
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