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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
31-000 Office supplies 31-000-0110 Other school and office products
Product description
Other products made of paper or other materials for school (notebooks) and office (e.g. file indexes)
Product in detail Not classified here
Receipt rolls, thermal paper rolls
Divider sheets, file dividers
Other school and office products
31-000-0100 Unprinted labels 
31-000-0010 Photocopier paper, letter paper, writing pads 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for other school and office products in quantities of 150 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) such as educational institutions, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

Shipment packaging for other school and office products 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
For rolled products: One roll equals one item.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Trägerpapier für Design-Klebefolie

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 12.03.2021 | Antragsteller: Konrad Hornschuch AG

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0110 // Other school and office products

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 ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 150 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, cores ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, cores > 150 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags, cores > 150 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags, cores ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 150 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 150 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0110 // Other school and office products

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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 > 150 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 100 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cores 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Cores 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Flat bags 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Flat bags 100 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 150 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 150 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
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