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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
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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).
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998
The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003
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Nigel GriffithsParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition and Consumer Affairs,Department of Trade and Industry