13 Data reporting obligations and recycling data
1 In regulation 17(1)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i) after “importer”, insert “or first UK owner,”;
(ii) for “Part 3 and paragraph”, substitute “paragraphs 11 to 13, 16, 17 and”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (c), for “10”, substitute “11”.
2 After regulation 17, insert—

“17A Recycling data
1 Where information in a report submitted by a producer (“LP”) under regulation 17 in relation to a period of six months ending on or after 30th June 2024 (“regulation 17 report”) concerns packaging which has already been the subject of recycling obligations under regulation 4(4)(b) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2007 Regulations (“relevant packaging”), LP may choose to submit a report under paragraph (2) (a “regulation 17A report”).
2 A regulation 17A report must state the proportion of relevant packaging which LP has been required to recycle under the 2007 Regulations (“P”), calculated as follows—
P=AP×SP
where—
(a) “AP” is the amount in kilograms of relevant packaging which has previously been taken into account to calculate the recycling obligations of a producer under the 2007 Regulations;
(b) “SP” is the sum of the percentages of that packaging which any class of producer has been required to recycle under the 2007 Regulations, as set out in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations.
3 Where LP chooses to submit a regulation 17A report, LP must submit the report—
(a) in such form and manner as the Environment Agency may direct;
(b) on the date on which LP submits a regulation 17 report or such other date as the Environment Agency may direct.
4 Where a regulation 17A report is not submitted on the same date as the regulation 17 report, the regulation 17A report must also identify which data collection period it relates to.”

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