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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
24-000 Tobacco products 24-000-0030 Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos
Product description
Tobacco products rolled or folded into tobacco leaves or paper
Product in detail Not classified here
Ready-made cigarettes
Cigarillos
Cigars
24-000-0010 Raw tobacco 
24-000-0050 Cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos in quantities of 80 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, cultural and recreational facilities, administrations and authorities.

Shipment packaging for cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos 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: 24-000-0030 // Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos

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 > 80 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Aluminium Small tubes ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Glass Small tubes ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Natural materials Crates ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Other composite packaging All types ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, soft packs ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Plastic Cans, wrappings, small tubes ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, folding cartons, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, folding cartons, outer boxes made of cardboard > 80 Item(s) no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 80 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 24-000-0030 // Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos

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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
Aluminium Small tubes 1 Item(s) yes
Glass Small tubes 1 Item(s) yes
Natural materials Crates 10 Item(s) yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 60 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Crates, trinket boxes 34 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Flip-top hard packs, slide packs 5 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Flip-top hard packs, slide packs 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Flip-top hard packs, slide packs 20 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 80 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 80 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, boxes 5 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, boxes 10 Item(s) yes
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