The "Special Technical Specifications for Delivery and Purchase (STDP) of Paper Beverage Bottle Labels" are available in English.

The STDP are to be regarded as recommendations and may be used – in full, in part or in modified form – as part of supply contracts. The non-applicability as well as contractual amendment of individual provisions in the STDP shall not affect the validity of the remaining agreements independent of these.

The STDP defines values whose compliance is a measure of the consistent quality of the label and forms the prerequisite for a perfect labelling result. For an optimal labelling process, the machine, label and adhesive must be matched to each other. Changes or new materials should be tested for suitability under operating conditions.

Experience shows that laboratory values allow good predictions to be drawn about practical application. Nevertheless, individual practical conditions in the bottling plants can lead to deviating results and should be taken into account in advance of a project.

The document is available from the German Brewers’ Association, the Federal Association for Printing and Media and VLB Berlin (www.vlb-berlin.org/downloads).