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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-120 Other foods 02-120-0100 spreads
Product description
Spreadable foods with a thick to pasty consistency, which are mainly consumed after spreading them onto bread.
Product in detail Not classified here
Marmalade, jam
Fruit spreads
Natural honey
Sugar beet syrup
Other spreads
Peanut butter
Vegetarian spreads
Cocoa-based spreads
02-080-0120 Chocolate pastes, other pastes 
02-050-0040 Meat products, sausage products 
02-000-0050 Cheese, cream cheese 
02-080-0150 Couverture chocolate 
02-020-0020 fruit preserves 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for spreads 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 food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens.

Shipment packaging for spreads 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.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-120-0100 // spreads

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 yes
All types All types > 18 kg no
All types Casks, hobbocks > 18 kg no
Aluminium Portion packs ≤ 18 kg yes
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 18 kg yes
Other composite packaging Cups, portion packs, trays ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes > 18 kg no
Plastic Casks, hobbocks > 18 kg no
Plastic Cups, cans, buckets, casks, bottles ≤ 18 kg yes
Tinplate Cans, buckets ≤ 18 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 18 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 18 kg yes
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: 02-120-0100 // spreads

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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
Aluminium Portion packs 20 g - 50 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 20 g - 50 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 100 g - 2 kg yes
Other composite packaging Cups, pots 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Portion packs 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Trays 105 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes 10 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes 20 kg no
Plastic Buckets 1 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 5 kg yes
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