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The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.Interpretation and notices

    3. 2A.Modifications to the Packaging Directive

    4. 2B.Modifications to the Waste Directive

    5. 3.Exclusion of charities from producer responsibility obligations

  3. PART II PRODUCERS AND OBLIGATIONS

    1. 4.Producers and producer responsibility obligations

    2. 5.Producers and Scheme membership

  4. PART III REGISTRATION: PRODUCERS AND SCHEMES

    1. 6.Producer registration obligation

    2. 7.Application for producer registration

    3. 8.Conditions of registration of a producer

    4. 9.Forms and fees for producer registration

    5. 10.Refusal to register producers

    6. 11.Cancellation of registration of producers

    7. 12.Schemes: general provisions

    8. 13.Application for approval of a scheme

    9. 13A.Conditions of approval of a scheme

    10. 13B.Refusal to grant approval of a scheme

    11. 13C.Withdrawal of approval of a scheme

    12. 14.Application for registration of a scheme

    13. 15.Conditions of registration of a scheme

    14. 15A.Notification of change of membership

    15. 16.Forms and fees for registration of a scheme

    16. 17.Refusal to register a scheme

    17. 18.Cancellation of registration of a scheme

    18. 19.Information provided to scheme operators

  5. PART IV RECORDS, RETURNS AND CERTIFICATE

    1. 20.Producers—records and returns

    2. 21.Producers—certifying obligation

    3. 22.Schemes—records and returns

    4. 22A.Notification of winding-up, receivership, administration, etc.

  6. PART V ACCREDITATION OF REPROCESSORS AND EXPORTERS

    1. 23.Requirement for accreditation

    2. 24.Application for accreditation

    3. 25.Conditions of accreditation

    4. 26.Suspension and cancellation of accreditation

  7. PART VI APPEALS

    1. 27.Right of appeal

    2. 28.Procedure on appeals

    3. 29.Determination of appeals

    4. 30.Status pending appeal

  8. PART VII AGENCIES’ POWERS & DUTIES

    1. 31.Monitoring

    2. 32.Monitoring—publication

    3. 33.Public register

    4. 34.Approved persons

    5. 34A.Delegation of approved persons’ functions: procedure

    6. 35.Entry and inspection

    7. 36.Collation and provision of information

  9. PART VIII GROUPS OF COMPANIES, PUB OPERATING BUSINESSES AND LICENSORS AND MID-YEAR CHANGES

    1. 37.Packaging handled by groups of companies

    2. 38.Packaging handled by licensors and pub operating businesses

    3. 39.Mid-year changes

  10. PART IX OFFENCES

    1. 40.Offences and penalties

    2. 40A.Civil sanctions

    3. 40B.Civil sanctions, Wales

  11. PART X REVOCATION AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

    1. 41.Revocation and transitional provision

  12. PART 11 Review

    1. 42.Review

  13. PART XII Report

    1. 43.Report

  14. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      PRODUCERS

      1. 1.(1) For the purposes of Column 1 in the above...

      2. 2.For the purposes of Column 3 of the above Table,...

      3. 3.A person satisfies the threshold tests if—

      4. 4.(1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(a) above audited accounts...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      ... RECYCLING OBLIGATIONS

      1. 1.(1) Except for a small producer who has elected to...

      2. 1A.(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(1)(a), where ∑Q is...

      3. 2.Where a small producer has elected to follow the allocation...

      4. 3.(1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by...

      5. 4.(1) The following percentages are prescribed as the percentages for...

      6. 5.The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X”...

      7. 6.The following percentages are prescribed as the recycling target “Y”...

      8. 6A.. . . . . . . . . ....

      9. 7.(1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by...

      10. 8.The recycling allocation “B” is 35 for the year 2023....

      11. 9.Paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 1 applies for the purposes of...

      12. 10.Where the appropriate Agency is satisfied that a producer has...

      13. 11.For the purposes of this Schedule, “recycling by re-melt” means...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      INFORMATION

      1. PART I INFORMATION TO BE CONTAINED IN APPLICATION FOR PRODUCER REGISTRATION

        1. 1.The address and telephone number of the registered office of...

        2. 2.The business name of the producer if different from that...

        3. 3.The address for service of notices on the producer if...

        4. 4.Where the producer is a partnership, the names of all...

      2. PART II INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A SCHEME

        1. 5.The name of the scheme.

        2. 6.The name of the operator and, where the operator is...

        3. 7.The address and telephone number of the registered office of...

        4. 8.The address for service of notices if different from that...

        5. 9.The names and addresses of the registered offices, or, where...

        6. 10.Full particulars of the agreement for the constitution of the...

      3. PART III STATEMENT OF THE SCHEME’S POLICIES AND THE OPERATIONAL PLANS OF SCHEMES AND PRODUCERS

        1. 11.The matters to be contained in the statement to be...

        2. 12.The matters to be contained in the operational plan referred...

        3. 13.(1) For the purposes of paragraph 12(c)(ii) above “waste collection...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      INFORMATION IN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      CONDITIONS OF ACCREDITATION

      1. 1.The conditions referred to in regulation 25 are that—

      2. 2.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “issue” in relation...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      PROCEDURE ON APPEALS

      1. 1.(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the appropriate...

      2. 2.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, notice of appeal shall...

      3. 3.Where under regulation 28(2) the appeal is by way of...

      4. 4.(1) The appropriate authority or other person determining an appeal...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      PUBLIC REGISTER

      1. 1.The name and address of the registered office or principal...

      2. 2.In relation to accredited reprocessors and exporters—

      3. 3.A statement in relation to each registered producer as to...

      4. 4.A statement in relation to each registered operator of a...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      GROUPS OF COMPANIES

      1. 1.This Schedule applies in relation to a relevant year—

      2. 2.Subject to regulation 5, in respect of a year each...

      3. 3.For the purposes of this Schedule and Schedule 10 “subsidiary”...

      4. 4.Subject to regulation 5, companies who are producers and are...

      5. 5.Where there is a group registration— (a) the subsidiary companies...

      6. 6.Where— (a) there is a group registration;

      7. 7.This Schedule is subject to the provisions of Schedule 10....

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      LICENSORS AND PUB OPERATING BUSINESSES

      1. 1.A head organisation has producer responsibility obligations in the situations...

      2. 2.Paragraph 6 below applies to determine the producer responsibility obligations...

      3. 3.(1) The situations referred to in paragraph 1 above are...

      4. 4.Where the head organisation is a licensor, for the purposes...

      5. 5.Where the head organisation is a pub operating business, for...

      6. 6.Where the head organisation is a licensor—

      7. 7.Where the head organisation is a pub operating business—

      8. 8.Where the head organisation does not have the information necessary...

      9. 9.Where the head organisation is a licensor and does not...

      10. 10.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “head organisation” means...

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      MID-YEAR CHANGES

      1. PART 1 SCHEME MEMBERSHIP

        1. 1.Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 below, where a person...

        2. 2.Where a person who is a producer in respect of...

        3. 3.Where a person who is a producer in respect of...

      2. PART II GROUP MEMBERSHIP

        1. 4.This Part applies where— (a) a company joins a group...

        2. 5.Where paragraph 4(a) above applies the company shall either—

        3. 6.Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        4. 7.Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        5. 8.Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        6. 9.Where— (a) paragraph 4(a) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        7. 10.Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; and

        8. 11.Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        9. 12.Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        10. 13.Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        11. 14.Where— (a) paragraph 4(b) above applies; (b) in relation to...

        12. 15.Where in a relevant year paragraph 4 above applies to...

        13. 16.The proportion referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 above...

        14. 17.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

      3. PART III INCAPACITY

        1. 18.Where in a relevant year a producer dies or becomes...

        2. 19.Any person carrying on the activities of the first producer...

        3. 20.In relation to a producer which is a company, the...

  16. Explanatory Note

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