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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-050 Meat, sausage, fish 02-050-0010 Fresh meat
Product description
Unprocessed meat, generally cut meat, intended for human consumption
Product in detail Not classified here
Other meats (e.g. horse, rabbit, kangaroo)
Veal, beef
Other poultry (whole or parts)
Lamb, mutton
Game, game birds
Pork
Chicken, duck, goose, turkey (whole or parts)
Offal, variety meat
05-000-0060 Cat and dog snacks 
02-050-0040 Meat products, sausage products 
02-020-0080 Canned meat and sausages 
05-000-0010 Wet dog and cat food 
02-030-0130 Frozen meat, frozen game 
  Slaughterhouse waste, butchery waste (not included in the catalogue) 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for fresh meat in quantities of 3.9 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 food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include artisanal food production businesses 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').

Shipment packaging for fresh meat 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
For industrial processors, packaging is also placed on the German market that at the outset does not meet the legal requirements for being handed over to private final consumers and therefore typically does not accumulate as waste with them. This sort of atypically designed packaging, for example packaging that bears only a stamp and does not have adequate foodstuff labelling (in accordance with the FIC Regulation), is not subject to system participation regardless of quantity because it does not typically accumulate with private final consumers as a result of legal requirements.
Reusable containers, such as meat crates used to deliver meat packed in bags, are not subject to system participation.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Vakuum-Kunststoffbeutel für Rindfleisch

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 17.10.2019 | Antragsteller: A.F.G. Allgäu Fleisch GmbH

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Vakuum-Kunststoffbeutel für Schweinefleisch

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 17.10.2019 | Antragsteller: Weidemark Fleischwaren GmbH & Co. KG

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-050-0010 // Fresh meat

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 > 3.9 kg no
All types All types ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings, trays ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings, trays > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Bags, trays, vacuum packaging ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Bags, trays, vacuum packaging > 3.9 kg no
Plastic Dry aging bags ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Dry aging bags > 3.9 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings > 3.9 kg no
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-050-0010 // Fresh meat

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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 > 3.9 kg no
All types All types ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings, trays ≤ 3.9 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings, trays > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, hang tab boxes 100 g - 3.9 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, hang tab boxes > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Trays > 3.9 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Trays 100 g - 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Bags, foil wrappings 200 g - 1 kg yes
Plastic Bags, foil wrappings 1 kg - 2.5 kg yes
Plastic Bags, foil wrappings 2.5 kg - 3.9 kg yes
Plastic Bags, foil wrappings 4 kg - 10 kg no
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