The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003
PART IPRELIMINARY
1Citation, commencement and revocation
2Interpretation
PART IIAPPLICATION
3Packaging
4Excluded packaging
PART IIIGENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5General duty relating to the placing on the market of packaging
6Concentration levels of regulated metals present in packaging
7Requirement for technical documentation
PART IVENFORCEMENT
8Enforcement Authority
9Offences
10Penalties
11Defence of due diligence
12Liability of persons other than the principal offender
SCHEDULE I(Annex II of the Directive)
1Requirements specific to the manufacturing and composition of packaging —...
2Requirements specific to reusable packaging The following requirements must be...
3Requirements specific to the recoverable nature of packaging
SCHEDULE IIREQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR PLASTIC CRATES AND PALLETS FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)
1  (a) The plastic crate or plastic pallet shall be,...
2  (a) The plastic crate or plastic pallet shall be...
SCHEDULE IIIREQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR GLASS PACKAGING FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)
1  (a) No regulated metals shall be intentionally introduced during...
2  (a) The manufacturer or his authorised representative, or, where...
SCHEDULE IVENFORCEMENT
1It shall be the duty of the following authorities to...
2For the purposes of providing for the enforcement of these...
3Nothing in this Schedule shall authorise any enforcement authority to...
4An enforcement authority shall, whenever the Secretary of State so...
SCHEDULE VILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF PACKAGING REFERRED TO IN THE PROVISO TO THE DEFINITION OF PACKAGING IN REGULATION 2(2)
2003 No. 1941
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated M1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2 relating to the management of packaging and packaging waste, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations: