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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-110 Dry goods 02-110-0020 Meal and semolina
Product description
Milled product made of grain or corn, with a grain size of approximately 0.3 to 1 mm, for human consumption
Product in detail Not classified here
Semolina (milled durum wheat)
Couscous
Rye meal, spelt meal, cereal mix meal
Common wheat meal
Other cereal meal, other semolina
Cornmeal, polenta
02-080-0010 Flour 
06-000-0010 foodstuffs for farm animals 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for meal and semolina in quantities of 18 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 bakeries and other 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').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for meal and semolina in quantities exceeding 18 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings such as wholesale bakeries, chain bakeries, artisanal bakeries and caterers that exceed the volume criterion.

Shipment packaging for meal and semolina 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: 02-110-0020 // Meal and semolina

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 > 18 kg no
All types All types ≤ 18 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 18 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, sacks ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 18 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) > 18 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 18 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 18 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 18 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-110-0020 // Meal and semolina

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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 ≤ 18 kg yes
All types All types > 18 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 10 kg - 12.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 20 kg - 25 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 40 kg - 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 250 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 500 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 10 kg - 12.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 20 kg - 25 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 40 kg - 50 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 800 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 1000 kg no
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