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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 26.04.14.03" title_num="26" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="14" heading="Covered Materials.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Covered materials includes all packaging and paper products that meet the definition of covered materials in this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Covered packaging includes:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging intended for the consumer market except those that are exempt or excluded materials as defined in this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Components and elements that are supplemental, auxiliary, or subordinate and integrated into packaging, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Those components and elements that are directly attached to a product; and</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Are part of the packaging design functionally or aesthetically;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Facilitate the packaging function; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>facilitate the delivery including through identification of the product; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Materials used to affix packaging components to one another;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Service packaging designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Carry-out bags;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Bulk good bags; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Take-out and home delivery food service packaging;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Any food serviceware not included in
                    §B(3) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Beverage containers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Labels affixed to packaging or products;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Materials used to fill in space between a product and other packaging components, or between packaging components;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Packaging that meets the definition of “compostable”, as defined in this chapter, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Packaging that meets labeling requirements in Environment Article, §§
                      9-2102 and
                      9-2104, Annotated Code of Maryland or other standards as approved by the Department; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Packaging that is a singular organic material with no processing, additives or changes to molecular structure, demonstrated to the Department and subsequently approved by the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Multimaterial packaging;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Packaging for reuse or refill, as defined in this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Packaging that is at any point intended to reach a consumer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Covered paper products include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Paper products offered for sale, imported, or distributed in the State and sold or supplied for use within the residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Multimaterial products that are at least majority paper by volume; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Food serviceware that meets the definition of paper product.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>