Common use of Determine the prevalent packaging element Clause in Contracts

Determine the prevalent packaging element. Select a code from Appendix A.2 ‘Commonly used packaging types’ (e.g. ‘BO’ for Bottle). If the packaging consists of multiple elements, as most do, only specify the prevalent element specified with a specific code. The other packaging elements that can be detached from the product should also be indicated, but with the PackagingTypeCode ‘PUG’ (=unspecified). In some cases, a product can have more than one packaging that can be of a prevalent type. In that case, it is allowed to populate multiple packaging types. E.g. a plastic pot of yoghurt or cream cheese which is enveloped by a carboard sleeve has 2 prevalent packaging elements: the pot and the sleeve. Here you indicate both prevalent packaging types with their packagingTypeCode: pot = ‘PT’ and sleeve = ‘SY’. The lid of the pot is part of the pot and can be detached from it, so is identified as ‘PUG’. An example of elements that you can detach from the packaging: a product that is made up of a box in carton, with a plastic film around it and a paper label, has three packaging elements and thus you fill in the field ‘packagingTypeCode’ three times. The box is the (only) prevalent packaging element. ■ Box in Carton: packagingTypeCode ‘BX’. ■ paper label: packagingTypeCode ‘PUG’ (unspecified). ■ Plastic film: packagingTypeCode ‘PUG’ (unspecified). An exception: fill in caps of bottles that are in the same material as the bottle itself (e.g. in PET) in the field ‘Packaging type code’ (‘BO’). Only if they are made from other materials (e.g. METAL), then you list them under a separate packagingTypeCode: ‘PUG’. For each of the packaging elements, fill in the field ‘Packaging material type code’ (see step 5).