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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
31-000 Office supplies 31-000-0172 Art paints, liquid or semi-solid
Product description
Liquid or semi-solid paints, used by professionals, hobby painters or at school
Product in detail Not classified here
School paints
Art paints
31-000-0130 Inks, endorsing inks, correction fluids 
31-000-0210 Writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills, chalk 
31-000-0171 Art paints, solid 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for (liquid or semi-solid) art paints in quantities of 3 litres or less 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 (e.g. kindergartens).

Shipment packaging for art paints 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
Use of the system participation requirement catalogue requires that the item in question be packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG in conjunction with appendix 1 VerpackG.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Zylindrisches Behältnis aus Metall mit Sprühkopf und Deckel aus Kunststoff für Farbaerosol

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 13.01.2023 | Antragsteller: Feuerstein GmbH

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0172 // Art paints, liquid or semi-solid

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 l yes
All types All types > 3 l no
Aluminium Aerosol cans, tubes ≤ 3 l yes
Glass Bottles, jars ≤ 3 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes ≤ 3 l yes
Plastic Paint pans, bottles, boxes ≤ 3 l yes
Tinplate Aerosol cans, cans ≤ 3 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
All types All types > 3 l no
All types All types ≤ 3 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 3 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 3 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Cans, boxes, multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 3 l no
Plastic Cans, boxes, multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 3 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0172 // Art paints, liquid or semi-solid

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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 l yes
All types All types > 3 l no
Aluminium Aerosol cans 40 ml yes
Aluminium Tubes 5 ml - 25 ml yes
Aluminium Tubes 35 ml yes
Aluminium Tubes 55 ml yes
Glass Bottles 10 ml yes
Glass Jars 10 ml yes
Glass Jars 25 ml yes
Glass Jars 35 ml - 50 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 50 ml - 100 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 500 ml yes
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