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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
22-000 Household goods 22-000-0600 Postage stamps, philatelic products
Product description
Postage stamps and other philatelic products (philately: study of postage stamps)
Product in detail Not classified here
Stampers and marks
Perforation gauge
Printing blocks for postage stamps
Stamps
Other philatelic products
Stamp tweezers
31-000-0050 Notebooks, register books 
22-000-0620 Coins 
31-000-0060 Albums, calendars 
31-000-0090 Envelopes, postcards, shipping envelopes 
18-000-0240 Medical devices, instruments 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for postage stamps and philatelic products 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 administrations and authorities, service enterprises and cultural and recreational facilities. Comparable sources of waste generation also include printing businesses 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 postage stamps and philatelic products 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.
Specials
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: 22-000-0600 // Postage stamps, philatelic products

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 Hangers, banderoles, labels, folding boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, films 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 All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0600 // Postage stamps, philatelic products

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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
All types Backing paper, Backing sheets All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Banderoles All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cards All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folders All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hang labels All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Labels All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Telescope boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags All types yes
Plastic Blister packs All types yes
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