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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0240 Medical devices, instruments
Product description
Devices and instruments used in a medical context
Product in detail Not classified here
Other medical devices, instruments
Pacemakers
Blood pressure monitors, clinical thermometers, glucose meters
UV devices, infrared light devices
Endoscopes, respiratory devices
Dental drills, surgical instruments
X-rays machines, ultrasound devices, dialysis machine
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and shipment packaging for medical devices and instruments of all kinds are subject to system participation becauseand 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, medical practices and dentists.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0240 // Medical devices, instruments

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 Films All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, folding boxes, wrappings, sheets All types yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, cans, buckets, caps, reels 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: 18-000-0240 // Medical devices, instruments

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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 Films 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 80 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 100 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sheets 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, caps 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Cans, buckets, reels All types yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
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