The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015

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2.—(1) The manufacturer or the manufacturer’s authorised representative, or, where neither the manufacturer nor the manufacturer’s authorised representative is established [F1within] [F1in Northern Ireland or] the [F2EU] [F2United Kingdom], the responsible person who places the product on the market, must submit a report in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) to the enforcement authority, where the average heavy metals concentration levels on any twelve consecutive monthly controls made from the production of each individual glass furnace, representative of normal and regular production activity, exceeds a concentration level of 200 ppm.U.K.

(2) The report must include as a minimum the following information—

  • measures values;

  • description of measurement methods employed;

  • suspected sources for the presence of heavy metals concentration levels; and

  • detailed description of the measures taken to reduce the heavy metals concentration levels.

(3) Measurement results from production sites and measurement methods employed must be made available at any time to the enforcement authority, if requested.