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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
33-000 Print media 33-000-0060 Advertisements, catalogues
Product description
Printed advertising materials of all kinds
Product in detail Not classified here
Advertising brochures, advertising leaflets
Advertising mail
Brochures, leaflets, flyers, etc.
Advertising papers
Handbills
Other printed advertising materials of all kinds
Catalogues
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for advertisements and catalogues that comprise only one copy or one assortment with one copy of different advertising materials each 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).

Packaging (with the exception of shipment packaging) for advertisements and catalogues with more than one copy is not subject to system participation because it typically accumulates with retailers.

Shipment packaging for advertising materials and catalogues 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. Above all, that includes single envelopes for postal dispatch, but also any other kind of shipment packaging.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 33-000-0060 // Advertisements, catalogues

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 Single copies yes
All types All types > 1 Copies no
All types All types Assortment with single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, covers, envelopes > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, covers, envelopes Assortment with single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, covers, envelopes Single copies yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, films, covers Single copies yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings, films, covers > 1 Copies no
Plastic Bags, wrappings, films, covers Assortment with single copies yes
Plastic Folding boxes, strappings > 1 Copies 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: 33-000-0060 // Advertisements, catalogues

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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 Single copies yes
All types All types Assortment with single copies yes
All types All types > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Covers Assortment with single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Covers Single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Covers > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Envelopes Single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Envelopes Assortment with single copies yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Envelopes > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 1 Copies no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings Single copies yes
Plastic Bags Single copies yes
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