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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
06-000 Crop protection and agricultural supplies 06-000-0020 Plant seeds for sowing
Product description
Seeds and seed blends for sowing
Product in detail Not classified here
Flower seeds, vegetable seeds
Lawn seeds
Other plant seeds
Seeds for use in agriculture, gardening and landscaping
02-060-0120 Cuttings, seedlings 
06-000-0040 Agricultural chemicals for professional users 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for plant seeds for sowing in quantities of 28 kg or less are subject to system participation (with the exception of big bags) 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 agricultural holdings and gardening and landscaping enterprises 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'). Big bags as retail packaging for plant seeds for sowing in quantities of 500 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 agricultural holdings and gardening and landscaping enterprises in quantities that fall below the volume criterion.

Shipment packaging for plant seeds for sowing 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: 06-000-0020 // Plant seeds for sowing

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 Bags ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 28 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) > 500 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) ≤ 500 kg yes
Plastic Sacks > 28 kg no
Plastic Sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 28 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 06-000-0020 // Plant seeds for sowing

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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
Other composite packaging Bags ≤ 28 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 250 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 180 g - 300 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 500 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 2 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 4 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 10 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 11.4 kg yes
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