Amendments to Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)20

In Schedule 1 (collection and reporting of information)—

a

in the heading of Part 3 (information required from brand owners, importers, distributors and service providers)—

i

after “brand owners,”, insert “packers/fillers,”;

ii

after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

b

in paragraph 10—

i

in sub-paragraph (1)—

aa

in paragraph (a), omit the words from “or, for” to the end;

bb

after paragraph (a), insert—

aa

packers/fillers,

cc

in paragraph (b), after “importers”, insert “or first UK owners”;

ii

after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

1A

A producer required by regulation 17 (data reporting obligations) to report information in this Part—

a

must only report that information in relation to packaging for which that person is a producer of a class listed in sub-paragraph (1);

b

must not report any information in relation to any packaging in relation to which the producer only performs the function of a seller or an on-line marketplace operator.

iii

in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for “that information”, substitute “the information set out in paragraphs 11 to 13, 15, 16 and 22”;

c

in paragraph 13—

i

omit sub-paragraph (2);

ii

for sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

3

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to packaging which an importer or first UK owner is treated as supplying within the meaning of regulation 10(2);

d

in paragraph 16(2)(a) for “, paper and straws”, substitute “and paper”;

e

in paragraph 17, in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) after “and 19” insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer under regulation 8(10)”;

f

in paragraphs 18 and 19, for “the producer has supplied”, substitute “supplied through an online marketplace operated by the producer”;

g

in paragraph 20—

i

at the end of the opening words, insert “for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer, or, for the information in paragraph 21, a producer of a class specified in that paragraph”;

ii

at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “where applicable”;

iii

for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

b

for large producers, the information in paragraphs 21 and 22, where applicable;

iv

in sub-paragraph (d), for “22(3)”, substitute “22(2) and (3)”;

h

in paragraph 21—

i

in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “the producer” the first time it is referred to, insert “imports and then”;

ii

after sub-paragraph (1)(b), insert—

c

all packaging the producer takes ownership of and then discards, when the producer is a first UK owner;

iii

in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “tertiary packaging” insert “and first UK owners who are treated as supplying secondary or tertiary packaging”.