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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0200 Contact lenses
Product description
Contact lenses made of all kinds of materials
Product in detail Not classified here
Contact lenses
Other contact lenses
Daily contact lenses
Monthly contact lenses
Cosmetic contact lenses
Contacts
18-000-0190 Eyewear, hearing aids 
18-000-0100 Contact lens care 
08-040-0640 Occupational safety equipment 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for contact lenses of all kinds are subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste with private households.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0200 // Contact lenses

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 Bags, folding boxes, wrappings All types yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, cans, trays 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 Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0200 // Contact lenses

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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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Flat bags All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings All types yes
Plastic Bags All types yes
Plastic Blister packs All types yes
Plastic Cans All types yes
Plastic Trays 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 Shipment packaging All types yes