The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003

Made: 28th July 2003

Laid before Parliament: 30th July 2003

Coming into force: 25th August 2003

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PART I — PRELIMINARY

Citation, commencement and revocation

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Interpretation

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PART II — APPLICATION

Packaging

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Excluded packaging

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PART III — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

General duty relating to the placing on the market of packaging

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Concentration levels of regulated metals present in packaging

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Requirement for technical documentation

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PART IV — ENFORCEMENT

Enforcement Authority

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Offences

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Penalties

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Defence of due diligence

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Liability of persons other than the principal offender

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SCHEDULE I — (Annex II of the Directive)

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SCHEDULE II — REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR PLASTIC CRATES AND PALLETS FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)

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SCHEDULE III — REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR GLASS PACKAGING FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)

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SCHEDULE IV — ENFORCEMENT

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Signed

Stephen Timms, — Minister of State for Energy, E-Commerce and Postal Services, — Department of Trade and Industry — 2003-07-28

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1996/266.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1998/1165.

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L365, 31.12.94, p. 10.

[^f00005]: 1987 c. 43.

[^f00006]: The application of the Directive was extended to the EEA from 1st December 1995 by virtue of Decision No. 67/95 of the EEA Joint Committee O.J. No. L8/38 which inserted a reference to that Directive after point 6 in Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement.

[^f00007]: O.J. No. L194, 25.7.75, p. 39; Articles 1 to 12 and Annexes I and II B were amended by Directive 91/156/EEC, O.J. No. L78, 26.3.91, p. 32.

[^f00008]: O.J. No. L337, 31.12.91, p. 20.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L236, 29.12.69, p. 36; S.I. 1973/1952 implements Council Directive No. 69/493/EEC relating to crystal glass.

Editorial notes

[^key-34256d98dfee11e4c7b1172d54cbcf4c]: Regulations revoked (1.10.2015) by The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1640), reg. 1, Sch. 6 (with reg. 3(5))

SCHEDULE V — ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF PACKAGING REFERRED TO IN THE PROVISO TO THE DEFINITION OF PACKAGING IN REGULATION 2(2)

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