Article 2U.K.

[F11. For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply in addition to the relevant definitions set out in Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC:

(a) ‘ targeted materials ’ means packaging waste materials that are reprocessed in a given recycling operation into products, materials or substances that are not waste;

(b) ‘ non-targeted materials ’ means, for the purposes of the calculation of the recycling targets set in points (f) to (i) of Article 6(1) of Directive 94/62/EC, waste materials that are not reprocessed in a given recycling operation into products, materials or substances that are not waste;

(c) ‘ preliminary treatment ’ means any treatment operation that packaging waste materials undergo before submission to the recycling operation whereby those materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances that are not waste. This includes checking, sorting and other preparatory operations to remove non-targeted materials and to ensure high-quality recycling;

(d) ‘ calculation point ’ means the point where packaging waste materials enter the recycling operation whereby waste is reprocessed into products, materials or substances that are not waste, or the point where waste materials cease to be waste as a result of a preparatory operation before being reprocessed;

(e) ‘ measurement point ’ means the point where the mass of waste materials is measured with a view to determining the amount of waste at the calculation point;

(f) ‘ rotation ’ means a trip performed by reusable packaging from the moment it is placed on the market together with the goods it is intended to contain, protect, handle, deliver or present, to the moment it is sent back for reuse in a system to reuse packaging with a view to its repeated placing on the market together with the goods;

(g) ‘ a system to reuse packaging ’ means organisational, technical or financial arrangements which ensure that reusable packaging performs multiple rotations.]

2.[F2Generated packaging waste, as referred to in paragraph 1(b), shall not include any kind of residues from the production of packaging or packaging materials, or from any other production process.]

For the purposes of this Decision, packaging waste generated in a Member State may be deemed to be equal to the amount of packaging placed on the market in the same year within that Member State.

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