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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0010 Health products, solid or semi-solid
Product description
Products to promote consumers' health, without being classified as medicinal products or medical devices
Product in detail Not classified here
Health products, semi-liquid (ointments, gels)
Health products, solid (tablets, sugar-coated tablets, capsules, powders)
02-120-0140 other liquid foods 
18-000-0030 Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid 
18-000-0090 Veterinary medicines, liquid 
18-000-0080 Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid 
18-000-0020 Health products, liquid 
02-110-0340 Food supplements, powdered 
18-000-0040 Medicinal products, liquid 
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for solid or semi-solid health products 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) such as hospitals, elderly care facilities, retirement homes and pharmacies.
Specials
Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging are irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for health products. Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for health products is suitable for residential collection and recovery.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0010 // Health products, solid or semi-solid

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
Glass Bottles, jars, cream jars, pots All types yes
Metal Cans, tubes All types yes
Other composite packaging Bags, cans, tubes All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags, cans, cosmetic jars, pots, tubes All types yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0010 // Health products, solid or semi-solid

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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 All types yes
Aluminium Cans 20 Pills - 500 Pills yes
Aluminium Tubes 2 g - 12 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 15 g - 30 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 35 g - 50 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 55 g - 90 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 100 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 120 g - 175 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 200 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 250 g yes
Glass Dispensers, roll-ons 50 ml yes
Glass Jars, pots 20 g yes
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