http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1165/introduction/made

The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998

Health and safety requirements

Waste policies and regulation

European Union

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2015-03-20

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

These Regulations implement Articles 9 and 11 of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on packaging and packaging waste (O.J. No. L.365, 31.12.94, p.10) which relate to the essential requirements to be satisfied by packaging. References in the Regulations to the Community or a member State include respectively a reference to the EEA or an EEA State which are defined in regulation 2(1)(b).