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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
24-000 Tobacco products 24-000-0110 Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes
Product description
Liquids with and without nicotine designed to be vaporised in an e-cigarette/vape
Product in detail Not classified here
Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes not containing nicotine
Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes containing nicotine
24-000-0050 Cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes in quantities of 3 litres or less 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).

Shipment packaging for liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes 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
Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes with nicotine have only been available in 10 ml bottles since mid-2017.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 24-000-0110 // Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes

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 > 3 l no
All types All types ≤ 3 l yes
Glass Vials ≤ 3 l yes
Plastic Vials ≤ 3 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 3 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 3 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 3 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 3 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 24-000-0110 // Liquids for e-cigarettes and vapes

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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 > 3 l no
All types All types ≤ 3 l yes
Glass Small narrow neck bottles 10 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l yes
Plastic Small narrow neck bottles 10 ml yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 10 x 10 ml yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 100 ml yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 3 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 3 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 3 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 3 l yes
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