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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-020 Small appliances 28-020-0030 Batteries
Product description
Storage device for electrical energy on an electro-chemical basis, rechargeable and non-rechargeable
Product in detail Not classified here
Battery cells, batteries
Battery cells, batteries
Button cells
13-020-0410 Rechargeable Batteries for motor vehicles 
28-020-0010 Battery chargers 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for batteries in quantities of 50 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). 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 batteries 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.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Versandkarton für Verkaufseinheit von 500 Stück Batterien

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 03.11.2019 | Antragsteller: Haug Vertriebs GmbH & Co. KG

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 28-020-0030 // Batteries

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 ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 50 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs > 50 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 50 Item(s) no
Plastic Blister packs ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs > 50 Item(s) no
Plastic Cans ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Plastic Cans > 50 Item(s) no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 50 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 28-020-0030 // Batteries

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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 > 50 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) - 2 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 4 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) - 4 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 4 Item(s) - 6 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 5 Item(s) - 8 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 2 Item(s) - 6 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 20 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 100 Item(s) - 200 Item(s) no
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) - 2 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 4 Item(s) yes
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