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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
31-000 Office supplies 31-000-0010 Photocopier paper, letter paper, writing pads
Product description
Paper for office use
Product in detail Not classified here
Letter paper, writing pads, notepads
Photocopier paper, printing paper
Thermal paper
Typewriter paper
Fanfold forms
Fanfold paper
Multipart forms, multipart stationery, carbon paper
22-000-0050 Sanitary papers, filter papers 
31-000-0050 Notebooks, register books 
31-000-0060 Albums, calendars 
31-000-0110 Other school and office products 
31-000-0090 Envelopes, postcards, shipping envelopes 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for photocopier paper, letter paper and writing pads (with the exception of rolled goods) up to a size of DIN A3 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 administrations and authorities, educational institutions and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for photocopier paper, letter paper and writing pads available as rolled goods are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in a large commercial enterprise setting, for example with printing businesses and newspaper publishing houses, whose packaging waste cannot be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres.

Shipment packaging for photocopier paper, letter paper and writing pads 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
The delineation criterion for photocopier paper, letter paper and writing pads (with the exception of rolled goods) is the DIN size; the number of paper sheets is irrelevant.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0010 // Photocopier paper, letter paper, writing pads

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 ≤ DIN A3 yes
All types All types > DIN A3 no
All types All types Rolled goods no
Other composite packaging Bags, wrappings ≤ DIN A3 yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes ≤ DIN A3 yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes Rolled goods no
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ DIN A3 yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes > DIN A3 no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ DIN A3 yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0010 // Photocopier paper, letter paper, writing pads

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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 ≤ DIN A3 no
All types All types Rolled goods no
All types All types ≤ DIN A3 yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 6 Item(s) no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 8 x 250 Sheet(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 8 x 500 Sheet(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ DIN A3 yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ DIN A3 no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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