lightweight plastic carrier bags — plastic carrier bags with a wall thickness below 50 microns (1)

oxo-degradable plastic carrier bags — plastic carrier bags made of plastic materials that include additives which catalyse the fragmentation of the plastic material into micro-fragments; (1)

plastic — a polymer within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).’ , to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which is capable of functioning as a main structural component of carrier bags (1)

plastic carrier bags — carrier bags, with or without handle, made of plastic, which are supplied to consumers at the point of sale of goods or products (1)

very lightweight plastic carrier bags — plastic carrier bags with a wall thickness below 15 microns which are required for hygiene purposes or provided as primary packaging for loose food when this helps to prevent food wastage (1)