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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0145 Medical tests, rapid tests
Product description
Accessories for conducting tests to detect specific substances, pathogens, allergens, pregnancies, etc.
Product in detail Not classified here
Allergy test kits, hormone test kits
Blood tests, e.g. diabetes tests
Urine tests
COVID-19 tests
Colorectal cancer screening tests
Other test kits
Pregnancy tests, paternity tests
Alcohol tests, drug tests
18-000-0140 Diagnostics 
18-000-0240 Medical devices, instruments 
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for medical tests and rapid tests 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 clinics, hospitals, medical practices and alternative practitioners.
Specials
Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging is irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for medical tests and rapid tests. Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for medical tests and rapid tests is suitable for residential collection and recovery.
Use of the system participation requirement catalogue requires that the item in question be packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG in conjunction with appendix 1 VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

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 Ampoules, bottles All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags, cans, bottles, pipettes 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: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

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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
Glass Ampoules, bottles 1 Item(s) - 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, boxes 1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, flat bags 1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bottles, pipettes 1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s) yes
Plastic Cans 1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
Plastic Wrappings, films 1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s) 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
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