The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made: 29th October 2014

Laid before Parliament: 3rd November 2014

Coming into force: 24th November 2014

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Title and commencement

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Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

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Signed

Dan Rogerson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 29th October 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”). The 2007 Regulations impose on producers the obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste in order to attain the recovery and recycling targets set out in Article 6(1) of Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10, as last amended by Commission Directive 2013/2/EU (OJ No. L 37, 8.2.2013, p.10-12)). These Regulations change the recycling and the recycling by re-melt targets for glass for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available at www.gov.uk/defra and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: OJ No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10, as last amended by Commission Directive 2013/2/EU (OJ No. L 37, 8.2.2013, p.10).

[^f00002]: 1995 c.25. Under section 57 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under European Union law in respect of devolved matters, the Secretary of State’s function in relation to implementing those obligations continues to be exercisable as regards Scotland. Section 57 is amended by S.I. 2011/1043. Under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), despite the transfer of the relevant functions of the Secretary of State as far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.1. 1999/672) and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006, the Secretary of State’s function in relation to implementing obligations under European Union law continues to be exercisable as regards Wales. Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 is amended by S.I. 2011/1043.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2007/871, amended by S.I. 2012/3082; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

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Editorial notes

[^key-060020d696b7b5fae392038d39d738ac]: Regulations revoked (20.12.2016) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1146), regs. 1, 3