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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
33-000 Print media 33-000-0010 Books
Product description
Books are bound collections of pages that are printed or blank or that bear writing or images, made of paper or another suitable material, and that are not published at regular intervals.
Product in detail Not classified here
Fiction
Children’s books
Other books
Picture books, art books
School books
Non-fiction
Trade books
Colouring books
31-000-0050 Notebooks, register books 
31-000-0060 Albums, calendars 
33-000-0060 Advertisements, catalogues 
33-000-0040 Newspapers 
33-000-0050 Magazines 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for books in quantities of 1 item 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). This concerns individual packaging, especially individual wrappings/films around single books.

Packaging (except shipment packaging) for books in quantities exceeding 1 item is not subject to system participation because it typically accumulates with retailers. Where multiple books are packaged together (e.g. five or ten paperbacks in one wrapping), the majority is unpacked in book stores, newspaper shops, newsagents, mail order companies or at other retailers.

Shipment packaging for books 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: 33-000-0010 // Books

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 ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, envelopes > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, envelopes ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, covers ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, covers > 1 Item(s) no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipping envelopes All types yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings as shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 33-000-0010 // Books

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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 > 1 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard All types ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard All types > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Covers ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Covers > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Envelopes > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Envelopes ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 1 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 1 Item(s) yes
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