The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2023

Made: 27th February 2023

Coming into force: 28th February 2023

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PART 1 — General

Citation, commencement, extent and application

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Interpretation

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Establishment in England and the United Kingdom

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Modifications to the Waste Directive

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Drink

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Packaging and packaging categories

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Household packaging

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Producers

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Licensors and pub operating businesses

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Supply

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Threshold criteria for large and small producers

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Exempt packaging

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Exclusion of charities from data collection and data reporting obligations

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Incapacity etc

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PART 2 — Producers and obligations

Producer obligations

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Data collection obligations

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Data reporting obligations

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Notification of winding-up, receivership, administration, etc

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PART 3 — Producers and schemes

Producers and Scheme membership

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Schemes: general provisions

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Mid-year changes

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PART 4 — Environment Agency’s powers and duties

Publication of items recycled by relevant authorities

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Monitoring

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Approved persons

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Delegation of approved persons’ functions: procedure

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Entry and inspection

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Information sharing

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PART 5 — Enforcement and Review

Offences and penalties

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Review

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SCHEDULE 1 — Collection and reporting information

PART 1 — Interpretation

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PART 2 — General Information

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PART 3 — Information required from brand owners, packers/fillers, importers or first UK owners, distributors and service providers

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PART 4 — Information required from online marketplace operators

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PART 5 — Supply and discarding of packaging by nation

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SCHEDULE 2 — Licensors and Pub Operating Businesses

PART 1 — General

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PART 2 — Licensors

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PART 3 — Pub operating businesses

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Signed

Rebecca Pow — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 27th February 2023

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1999 c. 24. Section 2 was amended by section 62 of the Water Act 2014 (c. 21), and S.I. 2013/755. Schedule 1 was amended by section 70 of the Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), and S.I. 2005/925, 2012/2788, 2018/942, 2019/458.

[^f00002]: OJ L312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

[^f00003]: OJ L150, 14.6.2018, p. 109.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2007/871 amended by S.I. 2007/3538; 2010/675, 2849; 2012/360; 2013/1821, 7555; 2016/241, 696, 7338; 2018/721; 2019/188; 2020/387, 904, 1390.

[^f00005]: 1994 c. 26. Section 1 was amended by S.I. 2018/825.

[^f00006]: 2006 c. 46. There are amendments to section 539 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00007]: 1990 c. 43. There are amendments to section 30 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00008]: S.I. 2015/1640, amended by S.I. 2018/942; 2019/188; 2020/904; 1540; 1647.

[^f00009]: 2006 c. 46. Section 441 has been amended by S.I. 2008/393 and 2012/2301.

[^f00011]: 2011 c. 25.

[^f00012]: 2010 c. 4. Section 202 has been amended by paragraph 27(2) of Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), section 35(5) of the Finance Act 2014 (c. 26) and S.I. 2012/964.

[^f00013]: 1986 c. 45. Section 251A was inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 17 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15).

Editorial notes

Environment Agency guidance

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Producers

Licensors and pub operating businesses

Supply

Threshold criteria for large and small producers

Exempt packaging

Exclusion of charities from data collection and data reporting obligations

Incapacity etc

Recycling data

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Notification of winding-up, receivership, administration, etc

Publication of list of large producers

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Monitoring

Approved persons

Delegation of approved persons’ functions: procedure

Entry and inspection

Information sharing