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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0040 Hand-held flares, parachute rocket flares
Product description
Signalling devices used to communicate distress in emergencies (all areas of application)
Product in detail Not classified here
Parachute rocket flares, hand-held flares for sea rescue and mountain rescue organisations
Parachute rocket flares, hand-held flares for police, fire brigades and civil protection organisations
Parachute rocket flares, hand-held flares for leisure activities (hiking, trekking)
Smoke bombs
Bengalos
22-000-0450 Fireworks 
22-000-0330 Candles, tea lights, grave lights 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and shipment packaging for hand-held flares and parachute rocket flares of all kinds 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular authorities and administrations such as the police and fire brigades, as well as cultural and recreational facilities (e.g. marinas).

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0040 // Hand-held flares, parachute rocket flares

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 All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, boxes All types yes
Plastic Blister packs All types 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: 16-000-0040 // Hand-held flares, parachute rocket flares

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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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 5 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 245 g yes
Plastic Blister packs 5 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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