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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-020 Building materials and installations 08-020-0260 Ceramic floor tiles
Product description
Ceramic floor tiles of all kinds. All ceramic floor tiles suitable for use on floors are deemed to be floor tiles for system participation requirement determination purposes.
Product in detail Not classified here
Other ceramic floor tiles
Unglazed floor tiles
Floor tiles
Terracotta floor tiles, clinker floor tiles, cleft clinker floor tiles
Glazed floor tiles
08-020-0080 bricks, building blocks, roofing tiles 
08-020-0270 Other ceramic tiles 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for ceramic floor tiles with a water absorption capacity greater than 0.5% pursuant to EN ISO 14411 is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households (DIY) and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG). Comparable sources of waste generation include especially flooring fitters and other building trade 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').

Shipment packaging for ceramic floor tiles 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 delineation criterion for ceramic floor tiles does not depend on item numbers or size and instead is based on water absorbency.

DIN EN 14411 defines the technical properties of tiles including their water absorbency capacity, i.e. how much water can be absorbed by the existing mass.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Pappkarton für Bodenfliesen auf Holzpalette foliert

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 15.05.2020 | Antragsteller: Steinmetz-Bordüren GmbH

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Faltschachteln für Bodenfliesen auf Holzpalette mit Kunststofffolie

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 16.02.2021 | Antragsteller: Self Style S.r.l.

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-020-0260 // Ceramic floor tiles

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 water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
All types All types water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, edge protectors, sheets water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, edge protectors, sheets water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Plastic Bags, wrappings, films, moulded materials, edge protectors water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Plastic Bags, wrappings, films, moulded materials, edge protectors water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-020-0260 // Ceramic floor tiles

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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 water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
All types All types water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, edge protectors, sheets water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, edge protectors, sheets water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Plastic Bags water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Plastic Bags water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Plastic Moulded materials, edge protectors, cushioning materials water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Plastic Moulded materials, edge protectors, cushioning materials water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
Plastic Wrappings, films water absorption capacity > 0.5 % yes
Plastic Wrappings, films water absorption capacity ≤ 0.5 % no
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