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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-020 Small appliances 28-020-0010 Battery chargers
Product description
Charging devices for rechargeable batteries
Product in detail Not classified here
Chargers for rechargeable car batteries, motorbike batteries
Chargers for battery cells
Chargers for electric bicycles, e-bikes
Chargers for mobile phones, smartphones
Other chargers (replacements)
13-020-0075 Chargers for electric bikes and light electric vehicles 
13-020-0421 Charging points for motor vehicles 
13-020-0422 Wall charging stations for motor vehicles 
13-020-0500 Chargers for material handling equipment 
28-030-0030 information technology 
08-040-0040 Cordless power tools 
Explanation
Retail packaging for battery chargers in quantities of 3 items or fewer is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular administrations, authorities, service enterprises and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

Shipment packaging for battery chargers 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: 28-020-0010 // Battery chargers

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 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs ≤ 3 Item(s) 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: 28-020-0010 // Battery chargers

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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 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packaging 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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