SCHEDULE 9MID-YEAR CHANGES

PART IIGROUP MEMBERSHIP

15

Where—

a

paragraph 5(b) above applies;

b

in relation to the obligation year the company itself does not satisfy the threshold tests; and

c

the company was registered separately with the appropriate Agency;

the holding company shall comply with a proportion of the requirements of the company’s recovery and recycling obligations for the year in which it ceases to be a member of the group, such proportion being calculated as provided in paragraph 17(1) below.