diff --git a/dumux/implicit/box/boxproperties.hh b/dumux/implicit/box/boxproperties.hh
index f0d72d6be19417e72f9b3727c75026ef39465e8d..f980ae05bf00ae124db3f90e08c7382cc4330ddb 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/box/boxproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/box/boxproperties.hh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh>
+#include <dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh>
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Properties
@@ -54,88 +55,9 @@ NEW_TYPE_TAG(BoxModel, INHERITS_FROM(NewtonMethod, LinearSolverTypeTag, Implicit
 // Property tags
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Grid);     //!< The type of the DUNE grid
-NEW_PROP_TAG(GridView); //!< The type of the grid view
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(FVElementGeometry); //! The type of the finite-volume geometry in the box scheme
 NEW_PROP_TAG(EvalGradientsAtSCVCenter); //! Evaluate shape function gradients additionally at the sub-control volume center
 
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Problem); //!< The type of the problem
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseModel); //!< The type of the base class of the model
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Model); //!< The type of the model
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NumEq); //!< Number of equations in the system of PDEs
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseLocalResidual); //!< The type of the base class of the local residual
-NEW_PROP_TAG(LocalResidual); //!< The type of the local residual function
-NEW_PROP_TAG(LocalJacobian); //!< The type of the local jacobian operator
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(JacobianAssembler); //!< Assembles the global jacobian matrix
-NEW_PROP_TAG(JacobianMatrix); //!< Type of the global jacobian matrix
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BoundaryTypes); //!< Stores the boundary types of a single degree of freedom
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementBoundaryTypes); //!< Stores the boundary types on an element
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(PrimaryVariables); //!< A vector of primary variables within a sub-control volume
-NEW_PROP_TAG(SolutionVector); //!< Vector containing all primary variable vector of the grid
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementSolutionVector); //!< A vector of primary variables within a sub-control volume
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(VolumeVariables);  //!< The secondary variables within a sub-control volume
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementVolumeVariables); //!< The secondary variables of all sub-control volumes in an element
-NEW_PROP_TAG(FluxVariables); //!< Data required to calculate a flux over a face
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BoundaryVariables); //!< Data required to calculate fluxes over boundary faces (outflow)
-
-// high level simulation control
-NEW_PROP_TAG(TimeManager);  //!< Manages the simulation time
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NewtonMethod);     //!< The type of the newton method
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NewtonController); //!< The type of the newton controller
-
-//! Specify whether the jacobian matrix of the last iteration of a
-//! time step should be re-used as the jacobian of the first iteration
-//! of the next time step.
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnableJacobianRecycling);
-
-//! Specify whether the jacobian matrix should be only reassembled for
-//! elements where at least one vertex is above the specified
-//! tolerance
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnablePartialReassemble);
-/*!
- * \brief Specify the maximum size of a time integration [s].
- *
- * The default is to not limit the step size.
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(TimeManagerMaxTimeStepSize);
-
-/*!
- * \brief Specify which kind of method should be used to numerically
- * calculate the partial derivatives of the residual.
- *
- * -1 means backward differences, 0 means central differences, 1 means
- * forward differences. By default we use central differences.
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitNumericDifferenceMethod);
-
-/*!
- * \brief Specify whether to use the already calculated solutions as
- *        starting values of the volume variables.
- *
- * This only makes sense if the calculation of the volume variables is
- * very expensive (e.g. for non-linear fugacity functions where the
- * solver converges faster).
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnableHints);
-
-//! indicates whether two-point flux should be used
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitUseTwoPointFlux); 
-
-// mappers from local to global indices
-
-//! mapper for vertices
-NEW_PROP_TAG(VertexMapper);
-//! mapper for elements
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementMapper);
-//! mapper for degrees of freedom
-NEW_PROP_TAG(DofMapper);
-
-//! indicate whether discretization is box or not
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitIsBox);
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitUseTwoPointFlux); //! indicates whether two-point flux should be used
 
 }
 }
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/cellcentered/ccproperties.hh b/dumux/implicit/cellcentered/ccproperties.hh
index 061ad3551e54bfada5f08c968ed9f9628fa55efe..e6d2a3750fedaf4b4447fdaa1aaf53e7ec93244f 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/cellcentered/ccproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/cellcentered/ccproperties.hh
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 // -*- mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
 // vi: set et ts=4 sw=4 sts=4:
 /*****************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2009 by Andreas Lauser                                    *
- *   Copyright (C) 2008 by Bernd Flemisch                                    *
- *   Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems             *
- *   University of Stuttgart, Germany                                        *
- *   email: <givenname>.<name>@iws.uni-stuttgart.de                          *
+ *   See the file COPYING for full copying permissions.                      *
  *                                                                           *
  *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by    *
@@ -14,7 +10,7 @@
  *                                                                           *
  *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
  *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the            *
  *   GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
  *                                                                           *
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
@@ -28,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
 #include <dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh>
+#include <dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh>
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup Properties
@@ -53,91 +50,6 @@ namespace Properties
 
 //! The type tag for models based on the box-scheme
 NEW_TYPE_TAG(CCModel, INHERITS_FROM(NewtonMethod, LinearSolverTypeTag, ImplicitModel));
-
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Property tags
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Grid);     //!< The type of the DUNE grid
-NEW_PROP_TAG(GridView); //!< The type of the grid view
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(FVElementGeometry); //! The type of the finite-volume geometry in the box scheme
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Problem); //!< The type of the problem
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseModel); //!< The type of the base class of the model
-NEW_PROP_TAG(Model); //!< The type of the model
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NumEq); //!< Number of equations in the system of PDEs
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseLocalResidual); //!< The type of the base class of the local residual
-NEW_PROP_TAG(LocalResidual); //!< The type of the local residual function
-NEW_PROP_TAG(LocalJacobian); //!< The type of the local jacobian operator
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(JacobianAssembler); //!< Assembles the global jacobian matrix
-NEW_PROP_TAG(JacobianMatrix); //!< Type of the global jacobian matrix
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BoundaryTypes); //!< Stores the boundary types of a single degree of freedom
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementBoundaryTypes); //!< Stores the boundary types on an element
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(PrimaryVariables); //!< A vector of primary variables within a sub-control volume
-NEW_PROP_TAG(SolutionVector); //!< Vector containing all primary variable vector of the grid
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementSolutionVector); //!< A vector of primary variables within a sub-control volume
-
-NEW_PROP_TAG(VolumeVariables);  //!< The secondary variables within a sub-control volume
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementVolumeVariables); //!< The secondary variables of all sub-control volumes in an element
-NEW_PROP_TAG(FluxVariables); //!< Data required to calculate a flux over a face
-NEW_PROP_TAG(BoundaryVariables); //!< Data required to calculate fluxes over boundary faces (outflow)
-
-// high level simulation control
-NEW_PROP_TAG(TimeManager);  //!< Manages the simulation time
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NewtonMethod);     //!< The type of the newton method
-NEW_PROP_TAG(NewtonController); //!< The type of the newton controller
-
-//! Specify whether the jacobian matrix of the last iteration of a
-//! time step should be re-used as the jacobian of the first iteration
-//! of the next time step.
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnableJacobianRecycling);
-
-//! Specify whether the jacobian matrix should be only reassembled for
-//! elements where at least one vertex is above the specified
-//! tolerance
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnablePartialReassemble);
-
-/*!
- * \brief Specify the maximum size of a time integration [s].
- *
- * The default is to not limit the step size.
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(TimeManagerMaxTimeStepSize);
-
-/*!
- * \brief Specify which kind of method should be used to numerically
- * calculate the partial derivatives of the residual.
- *
- * -1 means backward differences, 0 means central differences, 1 means
- * forward differences. By default we use central differences.
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitNumericDifferenceMethod);
-
-/*!
- * \brief Specify whether to use the already calculated solutions as
- *        starting values of the volume variables.
- *
- * This only makes sense if the calculation of the volume variables is
- * very expensive (e.g. for non-linear fugacity functions where the
- * solver converges faster).
- */
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnableHints);
-
-// mappers from local to global indices
-
-//! mapper for vertices
-NEW_PROP_TAG(VertexMapper);
-//! mapper for elements
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementMapper);
-//! mapper for degrees of freedom
-NEW_PROP_TAG(DofMapper);
-
-//! indicate whether discretization is box or not
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitIsBox);
-
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh b/dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh
index 9fd7fffa05baccd592c719d7b8a1b22552dbda67..bf6846d50646fb124e8b4fccfc0710738f9fe279 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/common/implicitproperties.hh
@@ -16,22 +16,18 @@
  *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License       *
  *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.   *
  *****************************************************************************/
-#ifndef DUMUX_BOX_PROPERTIES_HH
-#define DUMUX_BOX_PROPERTIES_HH
+#ifndef DUMUX_IMPLICIT_PROPERTIES_HH
+#define DUMUX_IMPLICIT_PROPERTIES_HH
 
 #include <dumux/common/propertysystem.hh>
 
-#include <dumux/common/basicproperties.hh>
-#include <dumux/linear/linearsolverproperties.hh>
-#include <dumux/nonlinear/newtonmethod.hh>
-
 /*!
  * \ingroup Properties
- * \ingroup BoxProperties
- * \ingroup BoxModel
+ * \ingroup ImplicitProperties
+ * \ingroup ImplicitModel
  * \file
  * \brief Specify the shape functions, operator assemblers, etc
- *        used for the BoxModel.
+ *        used for the ImplicitModel.
  */
 namespace Dumux
 {
@@ -39,17 +35,10 @@ namespace Dumux
 namespace Properties
 {
 /*!
- * \ingroup BoxModel
+ * \ingroup ImplicitModel
  */
 // \{
 
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Type tags
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-//! The type tag for models based on the box-scheme
-NEW_TYPE_TAG(BoxModel, INHERITS_FROM(NewtonMethod, LinearSolverTypeTag, ImplicitModel));
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Property tags
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -58,7 +47,6 @@ NEW_PROP_TAG(Grid);     //!< The type of the DUNE grid
 NEW_PROP_TAG(GridView); //!< The type of the grid view
 
 NEW_PROP_TAG(FVElementGeometry); //! The type of the finite-volume geometry in the box scheme
-NEW_PROP_TAG(EvalGradientsAtSCVCenter); //! Evaluate shape function gradients additionally at the sub-control volume center
 
 NEW_PROP_TAG(Problem); //!< The type of the problem
 NEW_PROP_TAG(BaseModel); //!< The type of the base class of the model
@@ -122,9 +110,6 @@ NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitNumericDifferenceMethod);
  */
 NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitEnableHints);
 
-//! indicates whether two-point flux should be used
-NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitUseTwoPointFlux); 
-
 // mappers from local to global indices
 
 //! maper for vertices
@@ -134,6 +119,9 @@ NEW_PROP_TAG(ElementMapper);
 //! maper for degrees of freedom
 NEW_PROP_TAG(DofMapper);
 
+//! indicate whether discretization is box or not
+NEW_PROP_TAG(ImplicitIsBox);
+
 }
 }