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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0090 Veterinary medicines, liquid
Product description
Liquid veterinary medicinal products are substances, or combination of substances, intended to treat or prevent disease in animals, or which may be used with a view to modifying physiological functions or to making a medical diagnosis.
Product in detail Not classified here
Liquid veterinary medicinal products
Veterinary medicines, liquid
18-000-0080 Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for veterinary medicines (liquid) 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 vet practices. Comparable sources of waste generation also include agricultural holdings 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').
Specials
Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging are irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for veterinary medicines (liquid). Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for veterinary medicines (liquid) is suitable for residential collection and recovery.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0090 // Veterinary medicines, liquid

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
Aluminium Aerosol cans All types yes
Glass Ampoules, injection vials, dropper bottles All types yes
Plastic Canisters, pump bottles, atomiser bottles All types yes
Plastic Injection vials, dropper bottles 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 Bottle carriers, multi-piece packaging, wrappings All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0090 // Veterinary medicines, liquid

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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 Aerosol cans 200 ml yes
Glass Ampoules 1 ml yes
Glass Ampoules 2 ml yes
Glass Dropper bottles 15 ml yes
Glass Dropper bottles 50 ml - 60 ml yes
Glass Injection vials 40 ml yes
Glass Injection vials 50 ml yes
Plastic Atomiser bottles 85 ml yes
Plastic Canisters 2.5 l yes
Plastic Dropper bottles 50 ml yes
Plastic Dropper bottles 120 ml - 220 ml yes
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