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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
31-000 Office supplies 31-000-0230 Folders, covers, files, ring binders
Product description
Includes not only the usual files and folders, but also index folders, clip files, clear-view folders, loose-leaf binders, application dossiers or file covers
Product in detail Not classified here
Loose-leaf binders
Folders
Ring binders
Covers
Folders
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for folders, covers, files and ring binders in quantities of 600 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 folders, covers, files and ring binders 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: 31-000-0230 // Folders, covers, files, ring binders

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 ≤ 600 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 600 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings, boxes ≤ 600 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ 600 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: 31-000-0230 // Folders, covers, files, ring binders

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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 ≤ 600 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 600 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, wrappings 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 12 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 20 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 25 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 100 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 150 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 200 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 250 Item(s) yes
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