http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1640/regulation/1
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015
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These Regulations revoke and replace the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 (“the 2003 Regulations”). The 2003 Regulations implemented Articles 9 and 11 of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No L365, 31.12.94, p 10) which relate to the essential requirements to be satisfied by packaging. They also implemented two Commission Decisions providing for derogations in respect of plastic crates and pallets and glass packaging. These are Commission Decision 1999/177/EC establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No L056, 04.03.1999, p 47) and Commission Decision 2001/171/EC establishing the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No L062, 02.03.2001, p 20).
PART 1Preliminary
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st October 2015.