PART IIIREGISTRATION: PRODUCERS AND SCHEMES

Forms and fees for registration of a scheme16

1

The appropriate Agency shall provide the form referred to in regulation 14(3)(c) free of charge to any person requesting one.

2

Subject to paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) below, the fee which is to be charged by the appropriate Agency on an application for registration of a scheme shall be—

a

£345 for each small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method and who is on the date of the application a member of the scheme; and

b

£564 for each producer who is not a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method and is on the date of the application a member of the scheme.

3

In the case of a scheme that has been granted F1approval pursuant to regulation 13(4) the fee to be charged by the appropriate Agency in addition to the fee in paragraph (2) above is—

a

£1,540 where the operator of the scheme has an obligation to F3recycle up to and including 24,999 tonnes of packaging waste;

b

£2,310 where the operator of the scheme has an obligation to F3recycle between 25,000 and 249,999 tonnes of packaging waste; or

c

£3,080 where the operator of the scheme has an obligation to F3recycle over 250,000 tonnes of packaging waste.

4

In the case of a group of companies that is on the date of the application a member of a scheme the fee to be charged by the appropriate Agency for that member is—

a

£345 where the holding company is a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method and the group of companies had an aggregate turnover of £5,000,000 or less in the previous year; or

b

£564 where—

i

the holding company is not a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method; or

ii

the holding company is a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method and the group of companies had an aggregate turnover of more than £5,000,000 in the previous year;

and, in addition to the fee payable under sub-paragraph (a) or (b), in respect of each subsidiary included within that application who is not a small producer who has elected to follow the allocation method, the appropriate Agency shall charge a fee of—

i

£180 for each of the first 4 subsidiaries;

ii

£90 for each of the 5th to 20th subsidiaries inclusive; and

iii

£45 for each of the 21st and subsequent subsidiaries.

5

In the case where an application is required to be resubmitted as a result of a failure to meet the requirements of regulation 14(3)(c) or 14(6), the fee to be charged by the appropriate Agency in addition to any fee payable under this regulation is £220 for each member of that scheme in respect of whom the information resubmitted was different from that contained in the original application.

6

The additional fee which is to be paid by an operator of a scheme in compliance with the F2obligation set out in regulation 15 is calculated as follows—

(AxB)+(CxD)=AFmath

where—

  • “A” is the number of new members of the scheme which are the subject of the notification who are not small producers who have elected to follow the allocation method;

  • “B” is the fee set out at sub-paragraph (2)(b) above plus the sum of £110;

  • “C” is the number of new members of the scheme which are the subject of the notification who are small producers who have elected to follow the allocation method ;

  • “D” is the fee set out at sub-paragraph (2)(a) above plus the sum of £110; and

  • “AF” is the additional fee.