Product sheet

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

02-000 Dairy products 02-000-0040 Butter, butter preparations

Product description

Butter made of milk and products based on butter

Product in detail Not classified here

Butter preparations (e.g. herbed butter)

Spreadable dairy fats (butter mixed with other ingredients, e.g. rapeseed oil)

Clarified butter

Butter

02-130-0010	Cooking oil
02-130-0030	Edible fats, margarine

Explanation

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for butter and butter preparations in quantities of 15 kg 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 food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include artisanal food production businesses whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for butter and butter preparations in quantities exceeding 15 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. Examples include butter in 25 kg blocks and fluid products in IBCs delivered to industrial processors.
Shipment packaging for butter and butter preparations 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

For industrial processors, packaging is also placed on the German market that at the outset does not meet the legal requirements for being handed over to private final consumers and therefore typically does not accumulate as waste with them. This sort of atypically designed packaging, for example packaging that bears only a stamp and does not have adequate foodstuff labelling (in accordance with the FIC Regulation), is not subject to system participation regardless of quantity because it does not typically accumulate with private final consumers as a result of legal requirements.

Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Einordnungsentscheidung „10 kg Blockbutter“ ( pdf, 811.3 KB)

Publication date: 18.12.2019 | Applicant: DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0040 // Butter, butter preparations

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		≤ 15 kg	yes
All types	All types		> 15 kg		no
Glass	Jars		≤ 15 kg	yes
Metal	Cups, buckets, wrappings, jars, trays, tubes		≤ 15 kg	yes
Other composite packaging	Portion packs		≤ 15 kg	yes
Plastic	Buckets, IBCs		> 15 kg		no
Plastic	Cups, buckets, wrappings, trays		≤ 15 kg	yes
Plastic	Portion packs		≤ 15 kg	yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		> 15 kg		no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		≤ 15 kg	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Shipment packaging	All types		yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		≤ 15 kg	yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		> 15 kg		no
Plastic	Shipment packaging	All types		yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0040 // Butter, butter preparations

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.		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types	All types	≤ 15 kg	yes
All types	All types	> 15 kg		no
Aluminium	Tubes	80 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes	200 g	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	100 g	yes
Glass	Preserving jars	80 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	20 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	62.5 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	125 g - 600 g	yes
Plastic	Bags, wrappings	125 g	yes
Plastic	Bags, wrappings	200 g	yes
Plastic	Bags, wrappings	250 g	yes

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Definition sheet with explanations

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0040 // Butter, butter preparations

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0040 // Butter, butter preparations

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