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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
05-000 Pets 05-000-0010 Wet dog and cat food
Product description
Wet dog and cat food
Product in detail Not classified here
Wet cat food
Wet dog food
05-000-0040 Dry dog food, dry cat food 
05-000-0080 Food for other pets 
05-000-0060 Cat and dog snacks 
18-000-0080 Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid 
06-000-0010 foodstuffs for farm animals 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for wet dog and cat food in quantities of 22 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 customs authorities, the police, animal parks or zoos. Comparable sources of waste generation also include animal shelters 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 wet dog and cat food 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
The quantity of wet dog and cat food can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0010 // Wet dog and cat food

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 ≤ 22 kg yes
All types All types > 22 kg no
Aluminium Trays ≤ 22 kg yes
Tinplate Cans ≤ 22 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 22 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 22 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 22 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 22 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0010 // Wet dog and cat food

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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
Aluminium Cans 80 g yes
Aluminium Trays 150 g yes
Aluminium Trays 300 g yes
Glass Bottles 200 ml yes
Other composite packaging Bags 85 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 200 g yes
Other composite packaging Square bags 200 ml yes
Other composite packaging Trays 85 g yes
Other composite packaging Trays 100 g yes
Plastic Bottles 200 ml yes
Plastic Trays 280 g yes
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