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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-020 Small appliances 28-020-0090 Luminaires
Product description
Unit around an artificial light source (especially light bulbs)
Product in detail Not classified here
Outdoor luminaires for homes and gardens
Battery-operated luminaires
Other luminaires
Office luminaires
Christmas tree lighting (indoor and outdoor)
Table luminaires, bedside luminaires, floor luminaires
Uplighters, ceiling luminaires, wall luminaires
28-020-0110 Lamps, lighting products 
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for luminaires in quantities of 10 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) such as accommodation establishments, food and beverage businesses, authorities and administrations. Comparable sources of waste generation also include building trade 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').

Although retail packaging and grouped packaging for luminaires in quantities of 10 items or fewer also accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings to some extent, this packaging is subject to system participation because the lion’s share accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation.
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for luminaires in quantities exceeding 10 items typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation.

Shipment packaging for luminaires 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: 28-020-0090 // Luminaires

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 > 10 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs ≤ 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes ≤ 10 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, wrappings ≤ 10 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: 28-020-0090 // Luminaires

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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 ≤ 10 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 10 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings 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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