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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
22-000 Household goods 22-000-0180 Matches
Product description
A short wooden stick used to light a fire, with a head coated with a combustible substance that ignites when struck against a rough surface, lighting the wooden stick.
Product in detail Not classified here
Matches
13-010-0070 Fire starters, solid 
22-000-0170 Lighters 
13-010-0050 Benzine, petrol, gasoline 
13-010-0060 Liquid fire starters 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for matches in quantities of 500 items or fewer 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 food and beverage businesses and accommodation establishments. Comparable sources of waste generation also include caterers 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').

Shipment packaging for matches of all kinds typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation and, as such, is subject to system participation.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0180 // Matches

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 > 500 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, labels, boxes ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 500 Item(s) no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0180 // Matches

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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 > 500 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Matchbooks 20 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sliding boxes 38 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 500 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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