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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-080 Baked goods, semi-finished products 02-080-0150 Couverture chocolate
Product description
Chocolate glazing with at least 31 percent high-quality cocoa butter (in accordance with the German Cocoa Regulation)
Product in detail Not classified here
Couverture chocolate
02-080-0130 Chocolate-flavoured coatings, cocoa coatings 
02-080-0120 Chocolate pastes, other pastes 
02-040-0080 Other chocolate, chocolate products 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for couverture chocolate in quantities of 7 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 and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include bakeries 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 couverture chocolate in quantities exceeding 7 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings, primarily including the food industry, along with wholesale bakeries, chain bakeries and artisanal bakeries that exceed the volume criterion.

Shipment packaging for couverture chocolate 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: 02-080-0150 // Couverture chocolate

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 ≤ 7 kg yes
All types All types > 7 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks ≤ 7 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 7 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, sacks > 7 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, sacks ≤ 7 kg yes
Plastic Bags, buckets, trays ≤ 7 kg yes
Plastic Bags, buckets, trays > 7 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 7 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 7 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-080-0150 // Couverture chocolate

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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 > 7 kg no
All types All types ≤ 7 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 10 kg - 12.5 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 15 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 20 kg - 25 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 4 x 2.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 10 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 12.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 10 kg - 12.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 20 kg - 25 kg no
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