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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-090 Coffee, tea, cocoa 02-090-0070 Cocoa powder, instant cocoa drinks
Product description
Cocoa powder as an ingredient for drinks, baked goods and confectionery
Product in detail Not classified here
Powder for chocolate beverages
Cocoa powder for use in other foodstuffs
Cocoa powder with other additives
Cocoa powder for use in baked goods and confectionery
Cocoa powder
Sugar-added cocoa powder
02-090-0030 Coffee, tea, cocoa, in pods or capsules 
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cocoa powder and instant cocoa drinks 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 food and beverage businesses, accommodation establishments, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing, banking and the insurance industry.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cocoa powder and instant cocoa drinks in quantities exceeding 6 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings where the content is further processed, inter alia.

Shipment packaging for cocoa powder and instant cocoa drinks 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: 02-090-0070 // Cocoa powder, instant cocoa drinks

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 yes
All types All types > 6 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans, sacks ≤ 6 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks, boxes ≤ 6 kg yes
Plastic Bags, cans ≤ 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 Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0070 // Cocoa powder, instant cocoa drinks

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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
All types All types 50 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 800 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 800 g yes
Other composite packaging Portion bags 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 5 kg yes
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