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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
31-000 Office supplies 31-000-0210 Writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills, chalk
Product description
Writing utensils, spare pencil lead and pen refills and other writing tools used to write, or to apply letters on a surface. Depending on type of use, writing utensils can also be used for sketching and painting.
Product in detail Not classified here
Mechanical pencil leads, refills for ballpoint pens or biros
Writing tools made of plastic
Quills, artist paintbrushes
Fountain pens, ballpoint pens or biros, felt tip pens, markers
Pencils, coloured pencils
Chalk for writing or drawing
31-000-0171 Art paints, solid 
31-000-0172 Art paints, liquid or semi-solid 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills and chalk in quantities of 120 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 educational institutions, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

Shipment packaging for writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills and chalk 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 31-000-0210 // Writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills, chalk

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 > 120 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Natural materials Cans, cases ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, boxes, sheets ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Plastic All types ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, blister packs, cans, buckets, cases ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Tinplate Cans ≤ 120 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: 31-000-0210 // Writing utensils, painting utensils, pens, pencil lead and pen refills, chalk

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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 > 120 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 120 Item(s) yes
Natural materials Cases 1 Item(s) yes
Natural materials Hinged lid cans 48 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs 1 Item(s) - 4 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 1 Item(s) - 5 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 6 Item(s) - 12 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 13 Item(s) - 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Displays 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sheets 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 5 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
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